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Bank Conflicts of Interest on Foreclosures and Modifications

Arizona Advocates and Action

New Orleans My god, pinch me!  Unbelievably the august New York Times in its editorial today has bellied up to the right side of the bar in pointing out the obvious and long noted (including by me!) conflicts of interests enjoyed by banks in the foreclosure game where they [...]

Puppy Love for the Big Dawg, Clinton

Bill Clinton Urged Florida Democrat to Quit Bid

Phoenix I’m pretty sure either Mexico billionaire Carlos Slim didn’t make his contribution this year to the Clinton Foundation Global Initiative and decided to take it out in trade, or the New York Times is so desperate to find something upbeat for the Demos about the midterm [...]

Elite Panic and the Tea Party

New Orleans In an excellent book on community building in the wake of disasters of historic proportion, A Paradise Built in Hell, Rebecca Solnit raises a number of insightful points about what she refers to as “elite panic.”  In post-Katrina New Orleans we saw this all the time, the predictions of dire consequences and the [...]

Where is Community Organizer in Chief?

Baltimore Catching up on reading on the plane was disturbing in big and small ways.  How in the world has Obama so badly lost his groove?

What happened to the understanding and instincts of an organizer, being able to listen, forge the rap and flyer that works, and lead through others?   A piece by [...]

Obama Feeling Heat on Immigration Reform

Washington There is finally hope for comprehensive immigration reform if only because the inside-the-beltway strategy is crumbling and the anger and hurt if finally forcing itself into the open and driving the debate.  Many activists and advocates have been pleading for a rally, march or some show of strength and purpose since exactly such [...]

Shooting Straight as Pressure Increases

Washington It’s not spring here, but finally there is a briskness in peoples’ step.  Tomorrow there is a major rally for heath care reform called by Health Care for America Now (HCAN), and on Sunday, March 21st, the forces in favor of comprehensive immigration reform are rallying, praying, and marching on the Mall, hopefully with [...]