The Icarus Project

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 07:00:00 +0100

The Icarus Project has become an outspoken advocacy organization for the idea of "radical mental health. Co-founder Jacks McNamara explains how they define that concept.

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Radical mental health asks if being "different" is something that requires treatment, or can sometimes be recognized as just a different way oRead More...

Ted Rall's Anti-American Manifesto

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Representative democracy in America has become so distorted that most citizens have opted out and don’t even register to vote. Ted Rall’s suggested cure for the many ills that afflict the United State’s current political system is radically simple: Tear it all down and start over again.

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Organizing Against Poverty

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:55:14 +0100

What can people in poverty do to improve their lives? Mary Gonzales takes an atypical approach; organizing disadvantaged communities to exercise political clout they didn’t know they had.

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Mad MDs

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 06:00:00 +0100

No one has a better first-hand view of the problems with this country’s health care system than the doctors who work in it, a vantage point that has made some of them “mad as hell” about it.
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When a child is born or diagnosed with deafness or hearing impairment, both medical responses and educational interventions are available. But how are parents to make informed choices? That’s the subject of a bitter debate right now in Sacramento.

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Remembering "The Farm"

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Communal living was a idealistic experiment for some back when the counter-culture was in full flower, and The Farm, a pioneering outpost in rural Tennessee, mostly managed to live up to those ideals.

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Nieghborhood Summit

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:00:00 +0100

The basic building block for influencing local elected officials is the neighborhood, says organizer Jim Diers, because people tend to be most involved and active closest to their homes.

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Windsor Substation

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 06:00:00 +0100

A power struggle in Windsor is pitting homeowners against PG&E, whose engineers have concluded that the best place for a new electrical substation lies in the town’s south center area. The people already living nearby think that’s a very bad idea.

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Net Neutrality

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Defenders of uniform access to the internet, a concept termed "net neutrality" are calling on the FCC to reject a new proposal from Google and Verizon to create multiple tiers of access.

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Mediators Beyond Borders

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Mediation isn’t just for family or business disputes. It can also be applied to tribal or international conflicts, and the organization called Mediators Beyond Borders was created to do just that.

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