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Community development relies on policies, resources, and recognition that were won by decades of organizing—and organizing remains essential to face new threats, preserve existing wins, and continue to fight back against the big lie that the way things are is inevitable.
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How State Coalitions Are Advancing Community Ownership of Housing
In recent years, housing coalitions promoting community land trusts and real estate cooperatives have formed in multiple cities and states—and they are achieving results. Nonetheless, a lot of work is needed to achieve the policy changes these groups desire.
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Chicago Factory Occupation Victory Is Only The Beginning
In the past few days we’ve seen news of 3,500 jobs to be lost by the closing of U.S. Steel facilities in Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota; a fan factory laying […]
Community Stabilization: Are CDCs Up To The Task?
Imagine that it’s hurricane season, and 150 Katrinas are pounding poor neighborhoods — and the federal government response is totally inadequate. The community development movement faces two challenges: first, that […]
After Nov. 4: Bringing It All Back Home
Interviewed on “The Takeaway” this morning, Emory University psychology professor Drew Westen, author of The Political Brain, had this to say about how President-elect Barack Obama can deliver on his […]
There Will Still Be a Need for Community Organizers
As we approach Tuesday’s historic election, we can count on one clear fact that the political pundits likely will overlook in their election night coverage — no matter what the […]
Greetings From Out West
It might have been that brick to the head as a child (long story), but it was October 6 before I realized the second McCain-Obama debate was October 7. By […]
Who’s Afraid of ACORN, and Why
Yesterday I posted here on Rooflines to explain the back-story behind the latest round of accusations about ACORN and voter fraud. Today, the McCain-Palin campaign released the Web ad below […]
ACORN Under Fire, But Is It Justified?
With less than one month left until Election Day, the Republican Party voter repression machine is at it again and once again, its target is ACORN. Nationwide, ACORN has registered […]
Disappearing Ink: Why No Coverage of the Demonstrations?
CNN this morning reported that grass-roots groups are organizing demonstrations across the country against what they’re calling the Bush administration’s “cash for trash” bailout plan. According to today’s Boston Globe, […]
Financial Implosion: 2nd Chance for Progressive Banking Reform?
When present and former public officials ranging from Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to Lawrence H. Summers, the former Treasury secretary under President Clinton, started calling for the creation of a […]
Community Organizers Help Turn the Tide
Peter Dreier’s most recent Rooflines post cited a story titled “Community Organizing Changed Fishery,” in which John Corrigan, the fishing writer for the Concord (N.H.) Monitor, explained that “anybody who […]
Why Has Palin Cooled Toward ARDOR?
Let’s take a closer look at GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s record on community organizing. It seems, as I said in my previous Rooflines post, that she was for […]