Atlanta In Rome I was talking in the halls of the Italian Parliament to policy makers and others about Democracy in the XXI Century, where we had an engaging conversation about the role of community organizations at the grassroots level increasing democracy and the disturbing trends in the United States through various repressive voter regulations, especially …
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Tenants, Senators, and “Democracy in the XXI Century” in Rome
Rome We started out the day with a run by the office where we are “bunking” for free to meet three tenants from Rome who were making the final decision about joining ACORN Italia and “registering” their landlord, which means putting his property on the state tax rolls and off of the black market. They …
Sicily for My Father with Snow in Rome
Catania When I returned from various countries where he had never been, my father used to ask me to tell him what he would like to know about what I might have seen or done. I still keep an eye out for him and here’s some of what I would have reported if I were …