Barack Obama Community Organizing

ACORN: A Case of Selective Prosecution

David Jones | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics


David Jones

While the guerrilla theater video made for interesting TV, it does not accurately portray the work ACORN does. ACORN has a done a tremendous amount of good.

The YouTube Prez Goes Off Script

Michael Wolff | Posted 02.27.2009 | Media


Michael Wolff

Barack Obama is already sick and tired of the press. Having maneuvered around and sucked up to the press for two years, he thinks he ought to have earned himself a little distance.

Betting His Legacy on Public Participation

Shunit Harpaz | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living


Shunit Harpaz

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.

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

Beth Arnold | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics


Beth Arnold

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

Give Community Organizers the Credit They Deserve

Charlie Cray | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics


Charlie Cray

A politician who calls himself an agent of change and then denigrates his opponent as a community organizer is like someone who owns five houses spitting on the carpenters who built them.

How Chicago Shaped Obama

New Yorker | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics


One day in 1995, Barack Obama went to see his alderman, an influential politician named Toni Preckwinkle, on Chicago's South Side, where politics had ...