Health, Democracy Law and Human Rights Robin Strongin Health, Democracy Law and Human Rights Robin Strongin

Election 2020: Loneliness, the Art of Healing and our Democracy

The reality of the seemingly endless pandemic combined with the stream of anger and violence exposed in media, is now fused with historic levels of loneliness and isolation. Robin Strongin discusses how reducing loneliness and social isolation is one way to reconnect people, to reestablish a meaningful sense of belonging and worth, and in so doing, provide an antidote to hate.

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Climate Change and Sustainability, Democracy Law and Human Rights Steven M. Rothstein and Veena Ramani Climate Change and Sustainability, Democracy Law and Human Rights Steven M. Rothstein and Veena Ramani

It’s Our Financial Regulators’ Job To Protect Us From Climate Change. It’s Our Legislators’ Job To Make Them!

As climate-induced wildfires and hurricanes ravage America, our lives, our livelihoods, and the stability and security of our financial markets are in danger. Steven Rothstein and Veena Ramani, from Ceres, discuss how climate change is a systemic risk and we need our elected representatives to use their power to hold regulators to account for immediate climate change action.

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Democracy Law and Human Rights Miles Rapoport Democracy Law and Human Rights Miles Rapoport

Making a Case for Universal Civic Duty Voting

Miles Rapoport discusses how it's important to remember that our election system has two critical and longstanding problems that are barriers to achieving full and inclusive representation: consistently low voter participation and an electorate still deeply unreflective of our country’s increasingly diverse population. The solution is straightforward - make voting a universal civic duty.

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