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Supporters Ask: How Is Fair Start Different from The Ministry for the Future?

Fair Start is bottom-up democratic override using the first human right, rather than top-down authority. The Ministry for the Future is a climate fiction ("cli-fi") novel by…November 29, 2022 · 3 min read Child holding a duck Action Alerts & Toolkits

Take Action: Urge Yale Law’s Heather Gerken to Admit Free Speech Doctrine Depends on the Power Relations of Speakers

* Special update: After writing this open letter Professor Philip Pettit of Princeton University called the claims in it "home truths" and allowed us…November 24, 2022 · 6 min read A group of students sit at desks in a classroom, attentively listening and taking notes. The focus is on a girl in a plaid shirt, resting her chin on her hand and looking forward thoughtfully. Action Alerts & Toolkits

Vanessa Brown Calder at the Libertarian Cato Institute Nails the Population Question. Urge Her to Add a Coda.

Deep gratitude to Vaness Brown Calder at Cato for a truly reasoned analysis of declining fertility rates. If public health in an objective good…November 23, 2022 · 3 min readwe can solve the racial wealth gapAction Alerts & Toolkits

Washington D.C. Baby Bonds Are a Great Step Towards Justice. TAKE ACTION: Urge the Council to Keep Going

The Council for the District of Columbia made history recently by moving towards #birthequity with baby bonds. Why should only rich kids get trust…November 18, 2022 · 2 min read Close-up of an adult holding a child’s hand while crossing a rope bridge. The child, wearing a blue dress, reaches forward for support, and the background is blurred. Children's Rights

One Form of Protest to Change the World? To End Child Torture?

When we talk of changing the world we actually mean changing the behavior of the people in it. We mean changing things like this…November 17, 2022 · 4 min read Words on Basic Justice - Who We Should Become - From Fair Start Co-Director Gabby Mora Children's Rights

Words on Basic Justice – Who We Should Become – From Fair Start Co-Director Gabby Mora

By Gabby Mora Children are the future. Isn't that what everyone says? It is a lovely sentiment. Sadly, very little is done to secure…November 16, 2022 · 2 min read A line graph compares median family wealth by age for White and Black Americans born 1943–51. White wealth is consistently much higher, peaking at $317,500 in their 60s, while Black wealth peaks at $54,800. Action Alerts & Toolkits

Take Action: Effective Altruism Without a Fair Start in Life? Not Possible.

What is the most good we can do? This is a question effective altruists (EA) grapple with. And that community, which is large and…November 12, 2022 · 5 min read A young girl wearing a yellow long-sleeve shirt is sitting at a table, focused on writing in a notebook with a pen. Sunlight softly illuminates her face and her surroundings. Action Alerts & Toolkits

Fair Start in the New York Times. Now Take Action.

Kudos to Scott Mortman, a brilliant attorney and thought leader with Fair Start, who nailed the issue of what we owe the future in…November 10, 2022 · 2 min read Two young girls stand in a grassy park, blowing soap bubbles together. One girl holds the bubble wand while the other blows, both smiling and surrounded by bubbles in the sunlight. Trees are visible in the background. Children's Rights

Herald the End of Superpower

Writing in The Hill, Benzel and Kotlikoff may be correct that the U.S. is seeing its last days as an economic superpower, relative to China and India.…November 9, 2022 · 1 min read

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