Articles on PR for People

Small Business in America| What’s happening on Main Street?

What’s happening on Main Street, USA? Small Business has always been, is, and always will be, the backbone of America. In the May 2020 issue of the Connector, Barbara Lloyd McMichael zeroes in on the local effects of a global pandemic by examining Kent, WA as a case study. Kent’s current efforts to grapple with the Covid-19 meltdown is a microcosm of what is happening in communities across America.


The Coronavirus Cassandra: Are You Listening?

The Coronavirus Cassandra:  Are You Listening? A Pulitzer Prize winning public health journalist who predicted the coronavirus pandemic is warning us now about the “collective rage” yet to come.  So, how will we respond? The only way to avoid “collective rage” is with collective change.  

 


Books We Love: Yonkers in the Twentieth Century

For anyone who is interested in the 20th Century history of Yonkers, this book is a must-read. Also, anyone who is interested in the history of American cities that have roots in an 18th Century colonial past and an industrial 19th Century past will also benefit.  Author Marilyn E. Weigold does a fine job of unfolding the city’s rich history which is rooted in the waves of immigrants who found their way to America to seek jobs with a good living wage and a safe place to raise their families. 


The Next President Must Harness the Virus Debt for Economic Growth

The Next President Must Harness the Virus Debt for Economic Growth.  Historic Levels of Unemployment Claims and Business Shutdowns Have Required the Greatest Surge in Government Debt Since WW II. 

 


How to Feed the World in a Pandemic

Coronavirus Victory Gardens: How to Feed the World in a Pandemic...The “biointensive” growing system, a modernized version of an ancient method, could provide a vast opportunity to employ idled workers and produce food.  


Useful Tips for Winning Government Contracts

Securing contracts with local, state or federal government agencies can offer many benefits and advantages. These partnerships usually come with a strong degree of stability as governments are typically looking for long-term contracts and don’t change their vendors as frequently. 


“A Man for All Seasons”

A Man for All Seasons: A morality play that’s especially relevant for this dark time in our history.


Trump Disrupts the distinction between Personal Loyalty & Constitutional Allegiance

Donald Trump was elected president to disrupt our government and society; to drain the swamp. The specifics were vague, but the understanding was that someone had to change the “system.” As Trump said at the 2016 Republican nominating convention in Cleveland, “Only I can fix it.” And, he wants explicit loyalty to him from government employees as the means for doing that.


A New Science of the Physical Nature of the Mind

The advances of technologies, especially the technology of real time recording and transmission, have brought to the public many scenes in real life that undeniably violate the known scientific laws and thus cannot be reproduced in scientific ways, in which the mind of human subjects have been playing an essential role for things being considered as supernormal to happen...


The Next Pandemic

The Next Pandemic Could be Far Worse! But let’s also imagine a world that is far better prepared!