Philadelphia On Sunday at Temple University the ACORN Executive Board and key leaders from states in the Northeast spent hours developing questions for the ACORN Presidential Candidate Forum to be held on Monday afternoon in a church right off campus. Practice makes perfect, and the ACORN leaders wanted to be ready on every score as …
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US Social Forum
New Orleans The Social Forum movement has been an interesting and important development over the last decade. Beginning in Brazil, fueled by the growth of the Brazilian Workers Party and the election of Lula Silva as President of the country, World Social Forums have enjoyed private and public support and have held large annual …
Edwards’ Anti-Poverty Fight
New Orleans An obvious disclosure is that we deeply care about poverty. We care about whether money is overtaking politics, too. We in fact believe that the poor would have a better shot at participation and policy if the role of money was lessened. So I’m admitting all of that, but nonetheless I am mystified …