This App Lets You Give Money to Homeless People From Your Phone What if you combined the functionality of Venmo and GoFundMe with the user interface of a dating app to fight homelessness? “Samaritan” is a new startup out of Seattle that provides homeless people with small “beacons” (a key fob that functions as a…
Month: June 2019
Vice: Runaway Senators
How Oregon Republican Senators Killed a Bill by Running Away from the Police A climate change bill was pronounced dead in Oregon Tuesday, without anybody ever voting on it. Last Thursday, the Oregon Senate was supposed to vote on HB 2020, a bill aimed at capping greenhouse gas emissions. Senate Republicans opposed the bill, but…
VICE: California Democrats Won’t Admit The Party Is In Chaos
California Democrats Won’t Admit The Party Is In Chaos The California Democratic Party has been in a state of chaos since the 2016 election and has become the crucible of the anti-Trump resistance. It’s the most Democratic state in the union and is considered a bellwether for the future of liberal politics — that is…