Gutting Family Planning Programs Will Only Increase Abortions
I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Honduras for three years. Family planning and birth control were rudimentary at best in that... Read More
New Poll Shows Majority Say US Immigration Policy on ‘Wrong Track’
A majority 62% of Americans believe that US immigration policy is on the “wrong track,” according to a new poll from The... Read More
Limiting Access in America to Family Planning Has a High Cost
In a 163-page rule-changing document, “Religious Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act,” as of... Read More
Long-lasting Contraceptives Help Reduce Teen Pregnancies
The good news: teen pregnancy rates have declined to historic lows in the United States in recent years. The bad news: the... Read More
In An Otherwise Divisive Election Year, Last November American Voters United to Approve more than $6 Billion for Local Parks, Natural Areas
And Californians Did Their Part Last November, in spite of one of the most heated, contentious campaigns in American history, conservatives and... Read More
Cutting off Family Planning Funds will Increase Immigration Pressure
Unfortunately, the current administration has cut off U.S. funding to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). This political football has been tossed... Read More
CAPS' Jo Wideman says 'Democrats were Once the Party of the American Working Class,' but Not Today
Joseph Ford Cotto April 4, 2017 San Francisco Review of Books This is the final article of my discussion with Jo... Read More
Immigration Hawks Worry Trump Backtracking on DACA
By Brendan Kirby January 24, 2017 As seen in: Lifezette White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s reluctance Monday to clearly affirm President Trump’s... Read More
Some voters, stung by election result, stirred to new action
By Matt Sedensky November 29, 2016 As seen in: AP News SF Gate Portland Press Herald NEW YORK (AP) — Three weeks... Read More
How to denounce a white supremacist? Fundraise for refugees.
By Steven Porter November 29, 2016 As seen in: The Christian Science Monitor What do you do if one of your high... Read More