Following yesterday’s sudden and unexpected cancellation of the City Council’s Special Finance Committee meeting to discuss the City’s budgetary situation, Councilmember Janani Ramachandran (District 4) is highlighting a report issued last Friday by the City’s Finance Department that outlines severe current and future fiscal dangers Oakland is now facing.
Eric Adams Refuses Pledge to Protect NYC Term Limits If Eric Adams is elected New York City’s next Mayor, the city’s beloved 8-year term limits law could soon be out the door. Adams is the only major candidate who has refused to pledge to protect the existing 8-year term limit for mayor and city council. […]
By Payton Saso THE OVERWHELMING UNCERTAINTIES As four years of uncertainty may be coming to a close, there is not the expected sigh of relief we could hope for. As election day takes way, it is hard to ignore all the uncertainties that still loom over America. The nation we are living in is something […]
Pornhub, the premier online destination for adult entertainment, has announced its “Give A F**k, Get A F**k,” campaign to encourage American users to vote. On Election Day, Pornhub will be reserved only for those who have voted in the United States. “Roughly 43 percent of eligible voters – equal to 100 million people didn’t vote […]
Oprah Winfrey announced plans Monday to host virtual town halls in states that look to play a large role in the upcoming election. As part of OWN’s OWN YOUR VOTE get-out-the-vote initiative, the town halls will be a non-partisan effort to encourage, inspire and support voters across the country before Nov. 3. The events are […]
Clean energy jobs paid 25% more than the national median wage in 2019 and were more likely to include health care and retirement benefits, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis of federal occupational wage and benefits data prepared for E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs), the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), and the Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CELI) […]
KEKE PALMER, WANDA SYKES, LORETTA DEVINE, LATANYA RICHARDSON-JACKSON,JACKEE HARRY AND BLAIR UNDERWOODTO BE FEATURED IN EPISODE 3“ZOOM WHERE IT HAPPENS”TONIGHT, OCTOBER 6 AT 6PM PST / 9PM EST SERIES DESIGNED TO IGNITE VOTER AWARENESS, PROTECTION AND TURNOUT More Than 100,000 Registered to Watch the Series Since Its September 8th PremiereNew Episodes to Stream on Zoom […]
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Rice University researchers are teaming with nonprofit VotingWorks to validate and improve open-source technology for voting by mail, work that will give local elections officials an important option if they’re flooded with applications from voters asking to cast mail ballots in November due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The project is funded by a National Science […]
The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) today announced a new initiative to advance awareness on the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR, aka “superbugs”) and to drive action for policy changes to address the threat AMR poses to our health. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 2.8 million […]
