Chicago The Organizers’ Forum has been hosting a 2-day meeting of over forty community, labor and other organizers in a quick immersion discussion of new developments in political methodology here at Cenacle Retreat Center a few blocks from beautiful Lincoln Park along the Lakeshore. The sessions have gone remarkably well due in large part to well …
Category: Ideas and Issues
The Pendergast Machine and Battleground States
Kansas City As I ran up Quality Hill in downtown Kansas City past the Cathedral, I was almost surprised at the top of the ridge to see the sweep of the Missouri River ahead. I was not surprised to see the development everywhere so typical of the remaking of older neighborhoods into gated communities …
Falling
New Orleans My office is 10 blocks from the River. I live 3 blocks from the River. I like being near the River. Years ago I took a vacation once just to drive to the headwaters of the River to see Lake Itasca myself and be able to walk across a small rivulet there and know …