Public Policy
Public policy is the area of civics that deals with decisions about the government’s
priorities for its activities and for public services.
For example, the United States has policies to provide free public education
to all citizens, national parks, an interstate highway system, and humanitarian
aid to other nations when necessary.
Those policies are implemented through specific legislation.
Legislators and government leaders spend a great deal of time debating what policies
to implement and what the details will be.
These are the issues that most directly affect all of us.
The Government Can't Cancel All Student Debt
It sounds great, but it's not that easy.
They'll lose the gerrymandering and voting rights fights unless they get it right.
Teachers and Journalists Created Americans’ Political Ignorance
It’s too bad we can’t sue them for malpractice.
How to Fix America’s Police
Abolish the blue supremacy cult.
Concentration Camps: America's Latest Atrocity
You can end this.
Bernie Sanders' Plan to Cancel Student Debt
It sounds great, but it's not that easy.
Government Must Regulate Business
Thank Alan Greenspan for the mess we’re in.
You Can Stop the Atrocity at America's Borders
This is how we create terrorists.
March for Our Lives Hits It Out of the Park
Abolish the NRA, not the Second Amendment
Gun Violence, the Second Amendment, and Common Sense
Join the March for Our Lives on March 24.
The Ten Biggest Lies in America
You've Heard All of Them
Patricia A. O'Malley
Social Policy & Programs Consulting ~ Community Matters
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Patricia A. O'Malley
Social Policy & Programs Consulting
Training and Services for agencies working toward social and economic justice
Nationwide Grassroots Project Will Amend U.S. Constitution to End Corporate Power in Elections
Restore American democracy. Corporations are not people.
The Common Culprit in America's Multiple, Massive Crises
Who Should Provide Social Services?
What the Triangle Factory Fire Did for Us
People will die if we ignore these lessons.
Ten Year Old Leads BLM March in His Hometown
If "All Lives Matter", then protect Black lives from being murdered by cops.
America's Police Problem: Cause and Cure
Our greatest power is within our grasp.
Right to Work is a Scam
The laws do not protect your rights.
Mourn for the Dead. And Fight Like Hell for the Living.
Workers Memorial Day 2019
This is What's Wrong with Republican Tax Policy
An open letter to Jack Markowitz, Pittsburgh Tribune Review columnist
Defective Teaching Methods Produce American Political Ignorance
What's wrong with our civics education and how to fix it.
Nonprofit Organizations Should be Tax Exempt
We Can't Afford to Tax Them.
There is No Such Thing as a Good Cop
How to Prevent Police Crime
American Education: We Need Higher Standards
We Must Require More from Our Kids and From Public Education
Welfare in America: Myths and Facts
Everything you think you know about welfare is wrong.
Unemployment Compensation: Myths and Facts
The GOP is still trying to set Americans against each other.
Public Demonstrations Do Bring Change
We can't make progress without them.
The US Must Prosecute Torture
The Constitution Says So.
We Must Change the Way We Handle Disasters