Showing posts with label #wecanfixthis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #wecanfixthis. Show all posts
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Tuesday, July 02, 2013
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Monday, June 10, 2013
in the wind | tweets from the week ending June 08, 2013
guns guns guns | 4695 US Firearm Deaths Since Newtown http://jimhancock.blogspot.com
Affordable Health Coverage | Coming Soon to a Household Near You
I support 'Can music change the world?' http://thndr.it/13DaXYr
Digital Deceptions | Macfee report on kids misleading parents about online behavior + what to do http://bit.ly/11s6OYq
I'm not sure there's any number of Facebook likes that can replace a hug. - Seth Godin http://bit.ly/Zw3vPo
aren't you glad to be alive? | different doesn't have to be scary
pay me now or pay me later | US student loans at the crisis point
Thumbwars | dosomething.org peer-to-peer campaign to end texting while driving http://dsorg.us/11xNOYw
credit where credit is due | a small idea from Raising Adults
Free iPad app Kindoma lets children read with parents, grands, older sibs-whoever!-from anywhere in the world http://kindoma.com
Friday, June 07, 2013
pay me now or pay me later | US student loans at the crisis point
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| graphic by John Uebersax |
On Thursday, Senate Republicans blocked a vote on the Reed-Harkin Student Loan Affordability Act—legislation that would freeze federal Stafford student loan interest rates at 3.4% before the big July 1st deadline.
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren points out that, "...right now, a big bank can get a loan through the Federal Reserve discount window at a rate of about 0.75%. Those are the same big banks that destroyed millions of jobs and nearly broke our economy."
I'm convinced we ought to, at the very least, freeze student loan rates where they are.
Even better, I support Senator Warrens legislation to give students the same deal we give to the big banks: the Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act — in fact, I'd like to see that made permanent.
If you like the idea, you can add your voice right here.
New college graduates can't feed the real economy if their contribution is preempted by overwhelming debt — meaning, if these 80MM Americans can't participate, we can't grow.
Monday, May 06, 2013
Gun Deaths Since Newtown | A Moving Total
Slate and the Twitter feed @GunDeaths are posting data in an interactive record of every gun death in North America regardless of cause and without comment.
1,102 1302 1516 1703 1901 2237 2605 2763 2971 3192 3700 3835 gun deaths in 38 45 52 58 65 73 87 94 101 108 138 142 days. Are you OK with that?
UPDATE | April 29, 2013
UPDATE | April 1, 2013
UPDATE | March 25, 2013
Coming into this week, the moving total of US gun deaths since the Newtown Connecticut massacre climbed by 208, from 2763 as of March 17 to 2971 as of March 24.
UPDATE | March 18, 2013
Coming into this week, the moving total of US gun deaths since the Newtown Connecticut massacre climbed by 158, from 2605 as of March 10 to 2763 as of March 17.
UPDATE | March 11, 2013
Coming into this week, the moving total of US gun deaths since the Newtown Connecticut massacre climbed by 368, from 2237 as of February 24 to 2605 as of March 10.
UPDATE | February 24, 2013
Coming into this week, the moving total of US gun deaths since the Newtown Connecticut massacre climbed by 336, from 1901 to 2237.
UPDATE | February 18, 2013
Coming into this week, the moving total of US gun deaths since the Newtown Connecticut massacre climbed by 193, from 1708 to 1901.
UPDATE | February 11, 2013
Coming into this week, the moving total of US gun deaths since the Newtown Connecticut massacre climbed by 192, from 1516 to 1708.
UPDATE | February 4, 2013
Coming into this week, the moving total of US gun deaths since the Newtown Connecticut massacre climbed by 214, from 1302 to 1516.
UPDATE | January 28, 2013
Coming into this week, the moving total of US gun deaths in since the Newtown Connecticut massacre climbed by 200, from 1,102 to 1302
As of 9:00am Eastern Time January 21, 2013, the moving total of US gun deaths in the 38 days since the Newtown Connecticut massacre stands at 1,102.
UPDATE | May 06, 2013
Coming into this week, the moving total of US gun deaths since the Newtown Connecticut school massacre topped 3835.
How about your Senators and House Representatives? We know 45 Senators who voted against more thorough background checks in April (and it doesn't seem to be helping their cause).
Tell your Senators and local Member of Congress how you want them to vote on background checks for internet and gun show firearm sales:
Coming into this week, the moving total of US gun deaths since the Newtown Connecticut school massacre topped 3700.
UPDATE | April 1, 2013
Coming into this week, the moving total of US gun deaths since the Newtown Connecticut massacre climbed by 221, from 2971 as of March 24 to 3192 as of March 31.
UPDATE | March 25, 2013
Coming into this week, the moving total of US gun deaths since the Newtown Connecticut massacre climbed by 208, from 2763 as of March 17 to 2971 as of March 24.
UPDATE | March 18, 2013
Coming into this week, the moving total of US gun deaths since the Newtown Connecticut massacre climbed by 158, from 2605 as of March 10 to 2763 as of March 17.
UPDATE | March 11, 2013
Coming into this week, the moving total of US gun deaths since the Newtown Connecticut massacre climbed by 368, from 2237 as of February 24 to 2605 as of March 10.
Coming into this week, the moving total of US gun deaths since the Newtown Connecticut massacre climbed by 336, from 1901 to 2237.
UPDATE | February 18, 2013Coming into this week, the moving total of US gun deaths since the Newtown Connecticut massacre climbed by 193, from 1708 to 1901.
UPDATE | February 11, 2013
Coming into this week, the moving total of US gun deaths since the Newtown Connecticut massacre climbed by 192, from 1516 to 1708.
UPDATE | February 4, 2013
Coming into this week, the moving total of US gun deaths since the Newtown Connecticut massacre climbed by 214, from 1302 to 1516.
UPDATE | January 28, 2013
Coming into this week, the moving total of US gun deaths in since the Newtown Connecticut massacre climbed by 200, from 1,102 to 1302
As of 9:00am Eastern Time January 21, 2013, the moving total of US gun deaths in the 38 days since the Newtown Connecticut massacre stands at 1,102.
Sunday, May 05, 2013
in the wind | tweets from the week ending 05.04.13
http://jimhancock.blogspot.com #parent #raisingadults
what's up with the class of '63 | a small idea from Raising Adults
http://jimhancock.blogspot.com #parent #raisingadults #schoolprayer
Who will protect the victims of these victims? | Stephen Colbert on the victims of gun violence
http://jimhancock.blogspot.com #wecanfixthis
will this be on the test? | a small idea from Raising Adults
http://jimhancock.blogspot.com #raisingadults #parent #youthwork #learning
Update 04.29.13: US gun deaths since the Newtown Connecticut school slaughter top 3700
http://jimhancock.blogspot.com #makegunviolenceharder
Thursday, May 02, 2013
Friday, April 26, 2013
Friday, March 15, 2013
Bono @TED | Extreme Poverty is in Retreat | Let's Not Give Scarcity a Fighting Chance.
Extreme poverty declined from 43% in 1990 to 33% in 2000 to 21% by 2010 — that's a 50% reduction of extreme poverty in two decades.
If the present trend line continues, we can reach zero before 2030. @Bono talks @TED about not screwing that up.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
#makegunviolenceharder
We can make gun violence harder.
Tell your members of Congress: Senate email House email
Friday, February 22, 2013
Bitter Pill | Why We Have to Finish the Job on Healthcare Reform
The Daily Show's @JonStewart talks with @StevenBrill about Brill's Time Magazine cover story, Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills are Killing Us.
Part I
Part I
Part II
Part III
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