election

Election 2016: If Island Press Authors Advised the President

By Katharine Sucher / On September 23rd, 2016
In honor of the first presidential debate tonight beteween Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, we asked Island Press authors: "If you were advisor to the president, what would your top priority be and why?" Check out their answers, in their own words, below. 
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Will Obama take on food?

By Ann Vileisis / On November 19th, 2008
In the months leading up to the election, food activists (see the video by The White House Organic Farm Project, a.k.a. TheWhoFarm.org below) have been salivating over the possibility that they could convince the next president to turn up some sunny expanse of White House lawn and put in a lush and leafy organic farm. The bounty of veggies could feed not only the first family but also Washington's needy and fresh-food-deprived school children.
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McCain and Palin's Environmental Policies

By [node:field_contributor] / On September 2nd, 2008
"I beg to disagree with any candidate who would say we can't drill our way out of our problem," says Alaska Governor Sarah Palin - What his VP pick says about McCain's environmental policy
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"Relocalization" and the Presidency

By [node:field_contributor] / On July 17th, 2008
I can't get excited about the presidential race. I know who I'll vote for, and I'll dutifully fulfill my democratic obligations on Election Day this fall, but I won't be doing much more than that - which surprises me. In the past, I've eagerly participated in the quadrennial circus to elect a new President. In addition, over the years I've volunteered for various congressional campaigns, contributed (very) modest amounts of cash to candidates, and eagerly stood in long lines to cast my vote.
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The Primary Politics of E-Waste

By [node:field_contributor] / On May 28th, 2008
Here in Oregon where I live, our May 20th primary season is in full swing. Back on Super Tuesday many of us assumed that by now, the candidates would have long been chosen. But for the first time in forty years, at least on the left side of the aisle, Oregon’s presidential primary actually matters. Adding to the hubbub of attention from the Clinton and Obama campaigns for Portland residents like me are the twelve other races we have to vote on – among them, hotly contested races for U.S.