Recently added articles from Politics & Government Week:
Global Civil Society Coalition Urges UN General Assembly to Support Goldstone Recommendations on Gaza.(Report)
Nov 19, 2009 ... A global coalition of civil society organizations from every corner of the world, ranging from Human Rights Now in Japan to the South African Council of Churches, have urged members of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to support the recommendations of the Goldstone Report and ...
DC AIDS Scandal Spurs AHF to Call for Congressional Investigation.
Nov 19, 2009 ... On the heels of a recent series of Washington Post articles on widespread mismanagement and corruption in the District of Columbia's HIV/AIDS programs, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today called for a Congressional investigation into the ongoing scandal. The most recent Post article , ...
Extremists more willing to share their opinions, study finds.
Nov 19, 2009 ... People with relatively extreme opinions may be more willing to publicly share their views than those with more moderate views, according to a new study. The key is that the extremists have to believe that more people share their views than actually do, the research found. ...
California Forward Action Fund Submits Reform Initiatives.
Nov 19, 2009 ... The California Forward Action Fund submitted a pair of nonpartisan initiatives Friday that would bring comprehensive reform to California's broken budget process, protect funding for local services and give communities new tools and resources to set their own priorities and chart their own ...
Alienation Declines to Lowest Level since 2004.
Nov 19, 2009 ... The Harris Poll has been measuring the level of alienation in the United States since 1966. Alienation, as we define and measure it, reflects, in large measure, public feelings about the rich and powerful, including their feelings about elections and the president. Based on the ...