It has now been more than four years since Barack Obama threw an arm around Gregory Galluzzo in Iowa and confided that whenever anybody asked how his ...
Matt Osborne | Posted 05.25.2011
If Robert Gibbs had walked around Las Vegas last week talking to the professional left, he would have learned what I did: that progressives, liberals, and Democrats are as diverse as the day is long.
Wall Street Journal | GERALD F. SEIB | Posted 05.25.2011
President Barack Obama, by inclination and experience, has always been half intellectual law-school lecturer, half street-smart community organizer. I...
Michael L. Millenson | Posted 05.25.2011
The fact that Second City comics in the heart of Chicago are successfully playing to GOP-fueled fears of rationing should raise a bright red warning flag at the White House.
Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 05.25.2011
President Obama got his start as a community organizer in Roseland, but a few dozen residents gathered there Saturday gave the new commander-in-chief ...
Alan Kennedy-Shaffer | Posted 05.25.2011
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.
Barri Gordon Waltcher | Posted 11.17.2011
The type of volunteering that SAHM's tend to do -- tasks associated with PTAs, sports teams, etc -- is largely viewed as unskilled, with questionable economic value.
Michael DeJong | Posted 05.25.2011
We finally have a President who is willing to use his words -- momentarily botched or not -- and his immeasurable oratory gifts to reassure the Doubting Thomas (or Roberts) in us all.
Shunit Harpaz | Posted 11.17.2011
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.
Scott Kurashige | Posted 05.25.2011
I hope Sarah Palin understands that most Americans are not on a first-name basis with their mayor. In places like Chicago, community organizers engage citizens in the practice of democratic action.
John O'Neil | Posted 05.25.2011
The nation must boldly rebuild to avoid the perils of a dangerously gyrating world where yesterday's swaggering certainty is tomorrow's worn out wisdom.
Lee Bey | Posted 05.25.2011
What will breathe new life into Pullman and create a draw to this unique piece of Americana? Turn the factory into the most visible adaptive-reuse project in the world: The Barack Obama Presidential Library.
David Latt | Posted 05.25.2011
In fundraising, voter registration, and getting out the vote, Obama's experience in grass roots organizing gave him the populist strength that allowed him to win the presidency.
Edward Lifson | Posted 05.25.2011
I asked Studs Terkel, if he were to interview Obama, what would he ask him? That got him going.
ABC News | Posted 05.25.2011
In Lebanon, Virginia, right now United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts is giving a characteristically enthusiastic introduction for Se...
Craig Newmark | Posted 05.25.2011
Here we have what looks like real "community organizing" -- online and offline-- and, however much it may have been maligned last week in St Paul, "community organizing" is grassroots democracy.
Rob McKay | Posted 05.25.2011
How dare the Republicans look down their noses at Obama and thousands of other organizers who put community, and yes, country first by trying to make life a little bit better for other people.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
The McCain campaign sent out a press release this morning, announcing a schedule change: ARLINGTON, VA -- U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential cam...
Robert Reed | Posted 05.25.2011
Only someone with a sick sense of humor would deride activists who toil in Chicago's worst neighborhoods, dedicating time and effort to providing poor and disenfranchised citizens with a voice in the political and social process.
Paul Hogarth | Posted 05.25.2011
Anyone who follows Obama's record in the State Senate understands his background -- where his vote against a rent control ban in Illinois was just one example.
Markus Ziener | Posted 05.25.2011
For the first time in a long time, we have a presidential contender who knows the hardships of the simple life -- and the tricks to stay afloat in a city like Chicago.
Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011
Obama has already inspired young people to apply in increasing numbers to become community and workplace organizers. He may be counting on them to push him (and Congress) to live up to his progressive promise.
Chicago Magazine | Posted 06.14.2011