Success! Chevron Ordered to Pay $19 Billion for Environmental Damage
Thanks to your actions, Care2 members, we celebrated a major victory in Ecuador this week. Chevron has been ordered by an Ecuadorian court to pay more than $19 billion in environmental damages, $1...
View ArticleSecretary Clinton in South Sudan: Speaking Hard Truths as a Friend
A new borehole drilled by Oxfam in Warrap State, South Sudan. Photo by Noah Gottschalk NOTE: This is a guest post from Noah Gottschalk, a senior policy advisor for humanitarian response at Oxfam...
View ArticleGlobal Change from the Mountains of Kosovo
NOTE: This is a guest post by Scott Shigeoka, Partnership Director at One World Youth Project. IT RESEMBLES A BOB ROSS PAINTING: two towering mountain ranges form a valley, each with sheer cliffs of...
View ArticleThe Unstoppable Tide of Education Grows Across Africa
NOTE: This is a guest post from Ann Cotton, President and Founder of Camfed International. This piece was originally posted on halftheskymovement.org. Empowerment is a deceptive word. It is meant to...
View ArticlePredatory Lending Preys Mostly on the Poor, Including Native Communities
NOTE: This is a guest post from Andrea Wieland, Communications Specialist at the First Nations Development Institute. Recently, I posted some information to our Facebook page about efforts to protect...
View ArticleStories from Hurricane Isaac: Losing Everything and Starting Over
NOTE: This is a guest post from Cherri Foytlin, who is a journalist, mother of six and wife of an oil worker who lives in south Louisiana. She is the author of “Spill It! The Truth About the Deep Water...
View ArticleEverything You Need to Know About Reverse Mortgages
Note: This is a guest post from Barbara Stucki, Vice President, Home Equity, National Council on Aging. Most Americans have realized that today’s retirement isn’t what their parents or grandparents...
View ArticleWhat You Don’t Know About Your Local Senior Center
Note: This is a guest post from Bonita (Lynn) Beattie, Vice President, Injury Prevention, National Council on Aging. When she retired, Kie Ann Kirk, 66, found herself spending lots of time in her...
View ArticleBittersweet October: Fighting American Indian Stereotypes
NOTE: This is a guest post from Mike Roberts, President of the First Nations Development Institute. As October arrives, I tend to think of two quotes in particular, the first from Thomas Merton:...
View ArticleWhen Did Slavery Get a Pass?
NOTE: This is a guest post from Lauren Ornelas, Founder of the Food Empowerment Project. All of us were raised in a society that indoctrinated us to believe that animal consumption and, in fact, many...
View ArticleSuccess! Comprehensive Reform Protects Vital Fish for the First Time
Thanks to your actions, we celebrated two major victories for the health of the Atlantic Ocean this month. Both the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery...
View ArticleThe David Vs. Goliath Battle of GMO Labeling
Genetically engineered food has never been proven safe and a growing body of evidence links these foreign foods to allergies and other significant health risks. NOTE: This is a guest post from Stacy...
View ArticleThe First Step to Ending Street Harassment Once and For All
Last week I attended Holla:Revolution 2014 – International Conference on Street Harassment. Or, as I would refer to it, church. Some had stronger beliefs than I have, others weren’t sure what to...
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