GRASSROOTS POLITICAL CAUSES

Seven reasons why your organization can't duplicate the fervor of Obama's grassroots campaign...

A group called Vets for Freedom have begun to run Internet ads attacking Barack Obama for his anti Iraq War position and in so doing has caused political irony. Senators Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman have had to resign as advisors to the group.

The American political system has many elements that could either retard it or advance it for the better.

In 1921, the U. S. was experiencing frequent outbreaks of polio, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt developed the paralyzing form of poliomyelitis. He later played an important role in enabling researchers to find a cure.

Why the weaknesses of the Weimar Republic after WWI led to the rise of Nazism.

This paper looks at the effectiveness of the Save Darfur Coalition.

A brief look at my short time as a canvasser for Environment California.

Supporting "green" issues and bills is not just a liberal endeavor. The Republicans for Environmental Protection is a grassroots group which pushed GOP members to return to an earth-friendly mindset and ranks lawmaker support on an annual scorecard.

There is a total lack of research institutions and grassroots NGOs that could concentrate on the root causes of AIDS spread.

The environmental movement and 42 women who stepped out of traditional roles to start, sustain or support grassroots environmentalism. An anthropological testimony which grandstands the deficiencies of power distributions between males and females.

Globalization is a highly disputed but undeniable force. One of the major points of disagreement is globalization's relation to violence. Does globalization increase violence, or calm violence into what many political theorists call a "Kantian peace"?

Although most of us associate wearing red with supporting research into heart disease, a new grassroots movement has started wearing red on Fridays for another important reason.

A number of new geographically independent grassroots movements have raised money in the millions, fueled candidates forward, uncovered scandals and done much more.

The causes that draw in mothers of all stripes and alliances vary as widely as the mothers themselves, according to a recent article.

Sally Kempton and Rosemary Matson both worked for women's rights, but in very different ways, and on opposite sides of the country. Their stories and others are told in a new book, "Feminists Who Changed America, 1963-1975"

A female Vietnam Vet gives her opinion on the war in Iraq and her choice for the next President.

In this paper, I will first examine the waste treatment processes in Japan with a focus on recycling in households. Japan's success can be largely attributed to its excellent waste separation and collection procedures.

The United Nations Association of Greater Boston is a Massachusetts based organization that offers educational and informational programs about the U. N. and its organizations to help link local groups to global affairs.

Does Walter Laquer's book, No End To War, and the British Broadcasting Company's miniseries, The Power of Nightmare hold the key to the roots of terrorism?

An overview of the 1924 presidential election, in which Republican Calvin Coolidge defeated Democrat John Davis and Progressive Robert La Follette.

Music censorship interferes with an artist's ability to produce music and a consumer's choice to listen to it and is therefore an infringement of the first amendment.