by Terrance Heath | Apr 3, 2009 | Blog
"Budgets are moral documents" ~ Rev. Jim Wallis "What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility… This is the price and promise of citizenship." ~Barack Obama, January 20, 2009 There are moments when the stark contrast of values between progressives and...
by Tula Connell | Apr 3, 2009 | Blog
It was tragic enough that her 11-year-old son became a quadriplegic after gunshots hit him while he was playing outside. But now Alberta, a single mother, worries every day because she can't leave her job to take care of her son. Without her job, she has no way to...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 3, 2009 | Blog
As bad as today's unemployment news is for the nation, for the African-American community it's much worse. African Americans as a group continue to bear a disproportionate share of the damage done to the economy by misguided conservative policies. It consequently...
by Sam Pizzigati | Apr 2, 2009 | Blog
The good folks at the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy would like us to know that we can gain “new insights” aplenty from the just-published second edition of their ongoing landmark research on the charitable giving of America’s rich. The...
by Bill Scher | Apr 2, 2009 | Blog
What does it mean for an unsung hero of the progressive movement to be recognized for his or her behind-the-scenes work with the annual Maria Leavey Tribute Award? The annual award will be presented at America's Future Now! convening June 1-3. While nominations remain...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 1, 2009 | Blog
Under normal circumstances, it wouldn’t occur to me to respond to the madness of Michele Bachmann. There’s a point at which merely legitimizes mindless rantings like hers, and dignifies them are more than they deserve. However, there is a point at which those unhinged...
