We talked about the process of letting go of the old stuff and what if's in our lives and embracing being on the bridge in between the old life we just left and the new one we were in the process of creating.
Carolyn Rubenstein | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living
If you're already feeling stretched thin (and not feeling too joyful about it), then it's time to step back and use a few organizing strategies to make a new plan.
Karen Leland | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living
My declaration for what little time is left of summer is to spend less time sorting and more time being with family and friends, reading and lying out in sun.
Micah Sifry | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics
It looks like Organizing for America, President Obama's de facto field organization based at the DNC, is ramping up its efforts to demonstrate support for health care reform.
Karen Leland | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living
Now that the kids are out of school and summer is just peaking around the corner, busy moms need to find a way to manage themselves and their brood. ...
Karen Leland | Posted 05.30.2009 | Living
Welcome to the third and final post in the series on how to Simplify Your Online Life. If you're just joining us and missed the past two posts, you ca...
Karen Leland | Posted 05.16.2009 | Living
My computer had become the junk drawer of my electronic life.
Karen Leland | Posted 04.18.2009 | Living
In a few days the vernal equinox will rear its well-organized head and instead of being made to feel like a compulsive neat freak, I can spring-clean with societal approval and encouragement.
Jim Wallis | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics
"Without justice, what are kingdoms but bands of robbers?" - St Augustine. I was surprised when Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) opened up his remarks before ...
Jonah Lalas | Posted 04.09.2009 | Home
Many thousands of Filipinos answered Roosevelt's call to join the U.S. forces fighting Japan in the Philippines, but had been denied the benefits they were promised until last month.
Jonah Lalas | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics
The Filipino veterans have received their due, but Asian workers have not. It is up Asian activists to continue to educate and politicize our youth.
Jonah Lalas | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics
Until Obama, I had always viewed the White House as synonymous with "the boss" or the "management" of a facility who instills fear into workers when they try to organize.
Jonah Lalas | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics
Once the employer realizes his/her employees are willing to stand up for better pay, more affordable healthcare, and better working conditions by forming a union, they begin to fight.
Heather Cabot | Posted 01.19.2009 | Living
Until I had my children, I never really appreciated what it felt like to get to dinnertime and wonder what you really accomplished that day -- yet feel exhausted.
Rick Ayers | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
The youth movement, the youth uprising, that was the Obama base campaign was something much greater, much more significant than even Obama himself.
Bart Motes | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics
Bill Clinton said today that Barack Obama will win the Presidency and he will win "pretty handily." Can we believe him? Yes we can. McCain's dirty, ...
Peter Dreier | Posted 10.07.2008 | Home
For the first time in American history, a major political party devoted a substantial portion of its national convention to attacking grassroots organizing. Those attacks reflected a longstanding tradition in American politics -- the conservative elite's fear of "the people."
Adam Lioz | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics
The progressive online community has added real value over the past few years--bringing progressives together in a common (if virtual) space, holding ...
Jerry Zezima | Posted 09.11.2008 | Living
My life is such a mess that if I ever won the lottery, I'd never collect the money. Either my wife would inadvertently toss the ticket in the garbage or I would put it somewhere in the house and never find it again.
Ari Melber | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama tapped his sizeable grassroots network on Saturday, coordinating over 4,000 "Unite for Change" meetups across the country through the cam...
Karen Leland | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living