Atlanta Here’s an argument from a Democratic consultant working campaigns around the world who did some media work for us around 2006 and 2008. Copy of Article Democrats need return to ACORN-style organizing By Matthew McMillan, contributor – 12/12/16 08:00 PM EST In 2008, Barack Obama became America’s first black president and Democrats gained …
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Fighting Fake News, One Source at a Time
New Orleans On a soul-killing wait at an airport recently, I found myself mindlessly scrolling Facebook, and I happened to notice that one of my real friends, Christine Allemano, who is also a Facebook friend, had posted an interesting query on her update. She wanted to combat “fake news,” and wondered what her friends read …
Bottom Feeders, Home Dreamers, and Big Time Realty Schemers
Chicago When neighborhoods are wracked by foreclosures and the abandonment that accompanied the 2008 Great Recession and financial chicanery that popped the real estate bubble, significant studies have documented the loss in value experienced not only by houses on the block, but also houses within a mile away that also lose value. Put enough abandonment …