Election 2016

Beyond walls: Let’s solve addiction before we raise another generation of broken adults

read more…: Beyond walls: Let’s solve addiction before we raise another generation of broken adults

This is a problem that can’t be fixed overnight, and maybe not in the next presidency, but if a 24 year-old from New Hampshire can understand and explain some of the basic issues connected to this crisis, we need to expect the leaders of our country to do so also, instead of sticking to narrow-minded pipe dreams for their own political benefit. This isn’t a partisan issue. This is a common sense issue. And it is also an issue of life or death for the millions of Americans struggling with opioid dependence.

Social media-driven democracy? There’s an app for that: Check out Brigade

read more…: Social media-driven democracy? There’s an app for that: Check out Brigade

Brigade is a tech start-up founded in 2014 to tackle the problem of declining citizen power and engagement in our democracy, which has created a Ballot Guide app being piloted in only two U.S. cities – here in Manchester, and San Franciso – to give the voting public a way to declare their beliefs, organize with others, and take action to shape the policies affecting their lives.

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