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Media Reform Solutions

Return ownership and control of the electromagnetic spectrum to the public. We urge the public to reclaim the airwaves. The privatization of the broadcast airwaves, one of our most important taxpayer assets, has caused serious deformations of our politics and … Continue reading

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Media Reform

Independent, critical media are essential to an informed and healthy democracy. Citizens must have ready access to news and information to make responsible informed choices as voters and to carry out their other duties of citizenship. The United States’ original … Continue reading

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Kurdistan

The Kurdish people are the largest ethnic group in the world that is without an independent state. As a result, Kurdish people have historically suffered persecution and injustice. The Kurdish people have been besieged to the point of a current … Continue reading

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Justice for Native Hawaiians – Kanaka Maoli

Since illegal annexation in 1898, the federal and state governments have cheated and neglected the native Hawaiian people. In 1993, the U.S. Congress passed, and President Clinton signed into law, the “Apology Bill” (U.S. Public Law 103-150). This admission of … Continue reading

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Justice and Safety for All

Today, we say to the prison-industrial-complex that we are going to bring about real criminal justice reform. We are going to end the international embarrassment of having more people in jail than any other country on earth. Instead of spending … Continue reading

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Iran Nuclear Deal

The American people should support the “joint comprehensive plan of action” (Iran Nuclear Deal) signed in July, 2015 by Iran and the P5+1 (five permanent members of the UN Security Council: China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States plus Germany), … Continue reading

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International Law

We need to reduce American militarism. We need our government to follow our Constitution and International Laws when it comes to Foreign Policy. Michael E. Kerr As one of the initiators and primary authors of the United Nations Charter, the … Continue reading

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Insurance Reform

Clean up the insurance industry. Eliminate special-interest protections, collusion, over-pricing and industry-wide practices that too often injure the interests of the insured when they are most vulnerable. Prohibit bad-faith insurance practices, such as avoidance of obligations and price fixing. Enact … Continue reading

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Indigenous Peoples

We should have great respect for Native American cultures, especially their deference for community and the Earth. We must recognize both the sovereignty of Native American tribal governments and the Federal Government’s trust obligation to Native American people. Native American … Continue reading

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Human Rights vs. Corporations

We need to overturn Citizen United. It shouldn’t have been necessary! But due to a corporate controlled Supreme Court, let’s propose the following amendment to the Constitution of the United States: The rights established by this Constitution and the laws … Continue reading

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