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Who Is Saul Alinsky and Why is Newt Demonizing Him?

Sandy Goodman | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: David Alinsky, Jaques Maritain, Sheldon Adelson, President Obama, Gal Beckerman, Community Organizer, Newt Gingrich, Saul Alinsky, Michael Miner, 2012 Election, Elections 2012, Newt Gingrich 2012, Politics News

Newt Gingrich, the Constitution, the Federalist Papers. Yay! Saul Alinsky, radicalism, secularism, Europe, socialism, and bureaucracy. Boo!

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'Soul Of A Citizen': Arun Gandhi, Martin Luther King, And Looking Beyond The Impossibly Perfect Standard

Paul Loeb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Perfection, Community Organizer, Psychology, Social Change, Burnout, Howard Zinn, Activism, Martin Luther King Jr., Arun Gandhi, Oil Spill, Climate Change, Books News

From reining in Wall Street to preventing the next oil spill and tackling global climate change, we often hold back from taking important public stands because we're caught in a trap I call "the perfect standard."

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Community Organizers Revive Immigration Reform Again

Deepak Bhargava | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Governor Jan Brewer, We Are America Stories, Rep. Luis Gutierrez, Center for Community Change, We Are America, President Obama, Illegal Immigration, Community Organizer, Obama Administration, Obama, Immigration, Robert Menendez, Barack Obama, Deportation, Deportations, Yves Gomes, Senator Robert Menendez, Illegal Aliens, Immigration Reform, Jan Brewer, Luis Gutierrez, Relief Reform Respect, Senator Bob Menendez, Bob Menendez, DREAM Act, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Illegal Immigrants, Community Organizing, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Politics News

Even while the elite political establishment has been engrossed with the elections, the grassroots has never taken its focus off alleviating the pain felt by people whose lives are affected by our dysfunctional immigration system.

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The ACORN Vote: House Democrats Just Stuck a Knife in Their President and Party

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Community Organizer, Gop, Acorn, Tom Delay, Democratic Party, President Barack Obama, Politics News

In comparison to all the good ACORN does, the House's action Thursday, specifically the role played by the Democratic majority, is shameful. It's truly incredible that Democrats aided in this travesty.

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30% Unemployment, Pre-Recession: Immigrant Communities Need Real Recovery

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Chinatown, ARRA 2009, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Income Inequality, People of Color, Structural Racism, Community Organizer, Racism, Economic Recovery, Immigrants, Racial Disparities, Inequity, Safety Net, Recession, Politics News

For communities of color, 'recovery' can be a vapid term. People of color consistently face rates of unemployment higher than what whites experience in the worst recessions.

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Glenn Beck: Van Jones Is a Radical Commie Intent On, Um, Creating Private Sector Jobs

David Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Nationalism, Van Jones, Communist, Green Jobs, Community Organizer, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Radicalism, Green News

The shadowy Apollo Alliance want the government to provide incentives to businesses to invest in green technologies. This kind of Stalinistic, top-down central planning leads only to disasters like the internet, the polio vaccine, and velcro.

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Food Forward Shares Low Hanging Fruit...and then Some

Rick Nahmias | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: San Fernando Valley, Food Forward, Los Angeles, Community Organizer, Fruit, Fruit Trees, Healthy Living News

Myself and a growing corps of Angelinos venture out weekly to glean people's excess fruit and donate 100% of it to local food pantries.

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Want to Be Smarter?

Gerald Sindell | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Intelligence, President Obama, Brain, The Genius Machine, Community Organizer, Blindspots, Genius, Healthy Living News

If we use a system of thinking that works for us time and again, eventually we will internalize it. We will be the same person, but we will be different. We will truly be able to think brilliantly.

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The Obama Revolution

Alan Kennedy-Shaffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, Economy, Spirit-of-America, Community Organizer, Obama Community Organizer, Obama, Campaign, Obama Community Organize, Barack Obama, Unity, Change, Obama-Change, Political Unity, Community Organizing, Obama Campaign, Barack-Obama, Politics News

The Obama Revolution is more than a revolution of policy proposals, campaign decisions, and lofty rhetoric. It is a revolution in the way we think about ourselves and act on our convictions.

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Betting His Legacy on Public Participation

Shunit Harpaz | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Socializing, Helping the Needy, Library, Libraries, Helping Others, President Obama, Donating to Charity, Ivy League, Eco-Friendly, Environmentalism, Community, Obama Administration, Community Organizer, Obama Community Organizer, Helping the Homeless, Barack Obama, Giving Back to the Community, Helping the Poor, Government, Change, Literacy, Volunteering, Giving Back, Environment, Community Organizing, Barack Obama Community Organizer, Barack Obama Community Organizing, Getting Involved, Healthy Living News

There is a great potential for a positive change in our society, a change where people take charge of serving the public, living a life that is meaningful and satisfying.

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Manufacturing a Dream and a Recovery

Scott Paul | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Infrastructure, Economic Stimulus, American Manufacturing, Taxes, U.S. Economy, Economy, Economic Crisis, Manufacturing, Community Organizer, Jobs, Credit Crisis, Taxpayers, Barack Obama, Manufacturing Jobs, US Economy, Obama Economic Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Wall Street Crisis, Job Cuts, Wall Street, Chicago, South Side of Chicago, Community Organizing, American Jobs, Housing Bubble, Politics News

If the destruction of capitalism and the arc of history were responsible for American manufacturing's steep decline, there would be a legitimate debate about whether it's worth saving.

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Hillary's Best Incarnation Yet (Hail to the Community Organizer-in-Chief!)

Beth Arnold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Clintons, Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Obama's Cabinet, Community Organizer, Community Organizing, Barack Obama Community Organizer, Barack Obama Community Organizing, Obama National Security Team, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin Community Organizers, Obama Cabinet, Politics News

All the critics who made fun of Obama's community organizing experience (Sarah Palin, are you listening?) were toothless wonders.

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Can We?

Wendy Block | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Sirota, The Uprising, Lobbyists, Grassroots, Fun, Bailout Deal, Illegal Activity, Progressives, Amy Goodman, Community Organizer, Federal Reserve, Corporate, Congress, New Activists, Shareholder Dividends, Government, Gordon Brown, u.s. Economy Problems, Shock Doctrine, Movement, Obama Change, Samuel Beckett, Banks, Moveon, Bonuses, Gay Marriage Ban, Saul Alinsky, Democracy Now, Naomi Klein, Barack Obama, Politics News

I'm not ready to return to the same non-adrenaline-rush grassroots work that propelled Obama and the Dems to such a decisive victory.

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Election Reflection: Good News and Bad News for Women and Families

Judy Patrick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prop 8 Results, Proposition 4, Proposition 8, President Obama, Prop 8, Obama Wins, Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, Election Day 2008, No on Prop 8, Prop 4, Election Day, California Propositions, Community Organizer, California Prop 8, Election Results, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, Prop 8 Ballot Initiative, HuffPost Election Reaction, Presidential Results, Election Reaction, California Prop 4, Obama Presidency, California Proposition 4, Community Organizing, Presidential Election, Election Analysis, Obama President, California Proposition 8, Politics News

Sadly, many voters did not see past their fears to understand how denying LGBT people rights is cut from the same cloth of discrimination that made Obama's election such a poignant event.

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"Support I Have Yet to Earn": Obama's Victory Speech

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Barack Obama was in the No-Gloat Zone. For his very first speech as president-elect... Obama crafted a message with much of the scope and power of an inaugural address.

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Community Organizer of the World

Joan Garry | Posted 05.25.2011

Obama stands today as the president-elect of the United States because of his credential as a community organizer. What a delicious irony.

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Let's Spread Some of Obama's Community Organizing Magic on Climate Change

Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climate Change, Community Organizer, Energy Conservation, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Obama Campaign, Global Warming, Environmental Conservation, Green News

Sarah Palin should not have mocked Barack Obama for being a community organizer. If anything, tonight's results proved her wrong. Our new President ha...

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State of Confusion: Tuesday's Two Wild Cards

Bryant Welch | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Political Psychology, Wildcards, Psychology of Politics, State of Confusion, Political Brain, Guiliani, Political Mind, Get Out the Vote, Community Organizer, Racism, Political Manipulation, Obama, Mccain, Election Results, Voting, Healthy Living News

Samuel Johnson said, "Nothing so focuses a man's mind as the knowledge he is to hang at dawn." For the last six weeks the American voter's mind has been focused by and on the economy.

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Prairie Voles and Politics

Marcia Meier | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Depression, Presidential Politics, Monogamy, Community Organizer, Monogamy and Science, Prairie Voles, Pharmaceuticals, Barack Obama, Healthy Living News

There's reason to be alarmed about a culture where extreme emotions require pharmaceutical treatment.

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Making Sense of ACORN

Josh Brusin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Acorn Voter Registration, Swing States, Civil Rights, Voter Caging, Gop, Community Organizer, Community Organizing, Obama, Election 2008, Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now, Politics News

It seems that ACORN is the GOP scapegoat this year. They tipped their hands when they labeled Obama a dastardly "community organizer" repeatedly at their convention.

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Landslide Needed

Norman MacAfee | Posted 05.25.2011

We need a landslide. If 80 percent of the population think the country is on the wrong track, why can't we have an election where 80 percent vote for Barack and 20 for McCain?

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Governor Palin, Did You Mean Community Organizers Like Jesus?

TJ Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Election 2008, Sarah Palin, Vice President, Democrat, Barack Obama, Jesus, Republican, Community Organizer, John Mc Cain, Candidates, Home News

We asked ourselves, "Does Sarah Palin, who claims to be a Christian, even understand the Bible?" If she did, she would realize that the Old Testament prophets John the Baptist, the Apostles and even Jesus himself, functioned as community organizers.

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Regardless of Who Wins the Election, Start Teaching Your Kids Mandarin

Christopher Ingram | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: War Hero, Social Security, John McCain, Tom Delay, National Debt, George W. Bush, Chris Ingram, Community Organizer, Congress, Maverick, Reform, Mccain, Obama, Dukakis, Campaign, Media, China, Gas Crisis, Sarah Palin, Mortgage Crisis, Mandarin, Elections, Nancy Pelosi, Debates, Barack Obama, Politics News

Voters don't want change. When the American voting public goes to the polls and re-elects the same bunch of losers to Congress year after year, they should expect to get more of the same.

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Clearing Up Political Confusion

Ari Bendersky | Posted 05.25.2011

Every so often an email chain letter comes my way that is actually interesting. This isn't about saving Sesame Street from NEA funding cuts, but this email I just received was too good to not share.

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Community Organizing Experience v. Executive Experience

Norman MacAfee | Posted 05.25.2011

As we seek to find ways for our bloodied world to live in peace, we will need people who can build the community of nations.

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