“The middle of 'America's Women' is about the Civil War, and how women, black and white, confronted slavery and abolition. As in every other period of crisis, the rules of sexual decorum were suspended due to emergency.” WarAmericaBlackWhiteMiddlePeriodsCrisisSlaveryDuesCivil WarBlack And WhiteEmergenciesAbolitionSuspendedDecorum Book:America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines Source: America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines
“In a world wracked by hatred, economic crisis, and political tension, America remains mankind's best hope.” WorldAmericaPoliticalEconomicMankindHatredCrisisRemainsTensionHoping For The BestEconomic Crisis Book:Ronald Reagan Source: Ronald Reagan
“If you had to explain America's economic success with one word, that word would be "education".... Until now, the results of educational neglect have been gradual - a slow-motion erosion of America's relative position. But things are about to get much worse, as the economic crisis ... deals a severe blow to education across the board.... We need to wake up and realize that one of the keys to our nation's historic success is now a wasting asset. Education made America great; neglect of education can reverse the process.” IfsNeedsHas BeensMadeWould BeAmericaNationsProcessRealizingResultsDealsEducationEconomicPositionKeysWake UpCrisisBlowEducationalBoardsNeglectAssetsRelativeReverseSevereHistoricOne WordErosionEconomic CrisisSlow MotionEconomic Success Author:Paul Krugman
“Isn't food important? Why not "universal food coverage"? If politicians and employers had guaranteed us "free" food 50 years ago, today Democrats would be wailing about the "food crisis" in America, and you'd be on the phone with your food care provider arguing about whether or not a Reuben sandwich with fries was covered under your plan.” IfsYearsImportantWould BeCareTodayAmericaPoliticalPlansPoliticianYears AgoUniversalCrisisDemocratPhonesArguingWhy NotCoveredEmployersSandwichesCoverageProvidersFriesWailingFree Food Author:Ann Coulter
“The crisis [the Great Depression] discovered a great man in Franklin Roosevelt...None too soon he has carried America forward to the second stage of democratic realization. His New Deal involves such collective controls of the national business that it would be absurd to call it anything but socialism, were it not for a prejudice lingering on from the old individualist days against that word...Both Roosevelt and Stalin were attempting to produce a huge, modern, scientifically organized, socialist state, the one out of a warning crisis and the other out of a chaos.” MenStatesWould BeAmericaDealsModernStageProduceHugePrejudiceCrisisDemocraticChaosSocialismAbsurdRealizationOrganizedGreat MenCollectivesWarningSocialistAttemptingFranklinGreat DepressionLingeringNew Deal Author:H. G. Wells
“The great fear that I have regarding the outcome for America of these disclosures is that nothing will change. [People] won't be willing to take the risks necessary to stand up and fight to change things And in the months ahead, the years ahead, it's only going to get worse. [The NSA will] say that because of the crisis, the dangers that we face in the world, some new and unpredicted threat, we need more authority, we need more power, and there will be nothing the people can do at that point to oppose it. And it will be turnkey tyranny.” PeopleWorldNeedsYearsAmericaFacesFightingCan DoRiskDangerWillingMonthsAuthorityCrisisThreatTyrannyOutcomesNsaDisclosureGovernment Spying Author:Edward Snowden
“In the United States of America, unfortunately we still live in a bubble of unreality. And the Category 5 denial is an enormous obstacle to any discussion of solutions. Nobody is interested in solutions if they don’t think there’s a problem. Given that starting point, I believe it is appropriate to have an over-representation of factual presentations on how dangerous it is, as a predicate for opening up the audience to listen to what the solutions are, and how hopeful it is that we are going to solve this crisis.” IfsThinkingBelieveStillsStatesProblemAmericaPoliticsGivenI BelieveUnitedUnited StatesAudienceDangerousSolutionsCrisisStartingObstaclesSolveEnormousOpeningDenialDiscussionGlobal WarmingHopefulAppropriateCategoriesBubblesRepresentationUnited States Of AmericaPresentationStarting PointOpening UpFactualUnreality Author:Al Gore
“We must work to repeal trade agreements that impede access to affordable generic drugs. We must work to cause the IMF and the World Bank to reduce and eventually eliminate the debt that takes poor nations' resources away from crises like AIDS. We must focus America's leadership on addressing and ending this epidemic.” WorldAmericaNationsCausesPoorFocusDrugResourcesCrisisTradeDebtAidsAccessAgreementAffordableEpidemicsGenericTrade AgreementsImfWorld BankPoor Nations Author:Dennis Kucinich
“We are inheriting the worst financial system since the Depression. We're inheriting a situation - when people go back and study major banking crises a quarter century from now, the one that America developed in 2007 and 2008 is going to be one of those crises.” PeopleAmericaSituationStudyWorstCenturyMajorsCrisisFinancialQuartersBankingFinancial SystemBanking Crisis Author:Lawrence Summers
“The 1957 crisis in Little Rock, brought about by the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, was a huge part of the march toward freedom and opportunity in America.” LittlesSchoolAmericaOpportunityRocksHugeHigh SchoolCrisisMarchLittle RockOpportunity In America Author:Vic Snyder
“Firstly, economic globalisation has brought prosperity and development to many countries, but also financial crises to Asia, Latin America and Russia, and increasing poverty and marginalisation.” CountryAmericaPovertyEconomicDevelopmentCrisisFinancialProsperityRussiaLatinAsiaLatin AmericaFinancial CrisisGlobalisation Author:Anna Lindh
“I am grateful for each and every food bank that helps families in need. Now, more than ever, hunger is a crisis in America, and yet it is not spoken enough and people have yet to give enough to help those in need. Local food banks help fill this need but they need our help, our support, and most importantly, our dollars. No one should ever go hungry.” PeopleNeedsGivingShouldEnoughHelpingAmericaSupportCrisisGratefulDollarsHungerHungryLocalsThanksgivingI Am GratefulThose In NeedFood BanksLocal Food Author:Marlee Matlin
“It saddens me to think that there are children in America who are hungry every day of their lives. No one can live - and grow - withoiut such a fundamental necessity as food. If we Americans reach out to our own communities, we could end this crisis.” IfsThinkingChildrenEndsAmericaGrowsCommunityCrisisFundamentalsHungerHungryReach Out Author:Tim McGraw