by Joe Mangino | Oct 22, 2018 | Blog
The New Jersey Organizing Project is a marvel. This Jersey Shore grassroots group was born after Hurricane Sandy when neighbors in towns like Stafford, Brick and Seaside Heights came together to rebuild homes and lives, with a little help from their friends. No one...
by Jeff Bryant | Oct 19, 2018 | Blog
Hundreds of educators are running for office in this November's midterm elections. This year's Educator Spring brought teachers into the streets in massive protests that thrust education issues into electoral contests up and down the ballot, and pushed...
by Miles Mogulescu | Oct 19, 2018 | Blog
Dear Mr. Bezos: You’re the richest man in the world, with a net worth of $160 billion according to Forbes. According to Time Magazine, in early 2018 you were earning $230,000 a minute (which comes to $13,800,000 an hour.) You’re also the owner of The Washington Post,...
by Woody Woodruff | Oct 18, 2018 | Blog
As Maryland prepares to name a new governor on November 6, voters have a clear choice: Ben Jealous, the Democratic challenger, or Republican incumbent Larry Hogan. Jealous is the former Rhodes Scholar who in 2008 became the youngest-ever national leader of the NAACP...
by Adrienne Evans | Oct 17, 2018 | Blog
Something good is happening in the Gem State. Real good. You might not read it yet in headlines, but it’s happening - and real - everywhere from Boise to Idaho Falls. "We're winning the war of ideas, and that's why they're worried,” says Paulette Jordan. “They might...
by Anna Attie | Oct 16, 2018 | Blog
44 million people in the US owe nearly $1.5 trillion in student debt, a total that grows larger every day. Students often choose between eating three meals a day, paying rent, and buying textbooks. For many of us, the excitement of graduating is tempered by the fear...
