Grassroots Political Movements

Conducting Business in Revolutionary Times

Scott Goodson | Posted 05.21.2012

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Scott Goodson

I believe many who have watched what is transpiring around the world can't help wondering: How can I be a part of something like that? Or, could I possibly help start something like that, based on an idea that matters deeply to me?

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Foundation Silence on the Middle East

Drummond Pike | Posted 05.25.2011

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Drummond Pike

The social contract with foundations is that they are relatively unfettered by government or outside influences. To maintain that contract, they have to contribute substantively by doing things government and private enterprise can't or won't do.

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The Tea Party Movement Is a National Embarrassment

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stuart Whatley

The Tea Party movement is the latest installment in an old American tradition: the exploitation of mostly frustrated, desperate, and susceptible people by monied interests and profiteers.

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