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The rules of the game—and the attitudes of the players—have an enormous effect on community development work at all levels. Here we look at some of the conversations about how to shift that policy for the better.
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It’s Your Moment Sen. Obama (It’s Ours, Too)
Let’s not kid ourselves: we have reason to be skeptical, tentative, wary, and yes, waiting to be inspired and swept away by someone America can line up behind. Am I […]
Time for Righteous Indignation
Have you heard of Stan Brock? If not, watch the video below — it will help you to work up a good ration of righteous indignation as we head toward […]
N.Y. Legislators: Don’t Sleep on Foreclosure Prevention
It seems surreal, or like a nasty joke. How can Americans be so far into the foreclosure crisis and still not see any significant foreclosure prevention legislation from their lawmakers? […]
A Good-News Economic Story for the Disabilities Community
Lost in the endless political campaign and Iraq news is an emerging success story. The Real Economic Impact Tour conceived and sponsored by the National Disability Institute has seen a […]
Leadership Afraid to Cling to Immigration
While lots of us fired up the grill over the Memorial Day weekend, a story came out Saturday in The New York Times about the previous week’s prosecution of 270 […]
Signs of the End Times
The end of attack politics, that is. Could it be? Ask Mark McKinnon, who resigned from the McCain campaign Tuesday, fulfilling a vow he’d made last year not to help […]
Senator Kennedy’s Awful Diagnosis
Oof—Bad sucker punch from the cosmos on Tuesday. We all saw the worrisome weekend news about Senator Edward Kennedy’s seizure, but it was followed by the more soothing follow-ups—those oh, […]
Participatory Budgeting: The International and NCBG Approaches
International Approach… Uses “geographical and complementary political boundaries to facilitate decision-making and service delivery” Uses public meetings to initiate and carry out the budget process Relies upon annual budgeting cycles […]
One Year Later
Numerous groups, from grassroots organizations to national researchers have been following the progress, or lack thereof, in rebuilding the Gulf Coast region post-Katrina. Here are two reports that offer both […]
On a Positive Note
House Committee on Financial Services chair Barney Frank’s plan to include provisions for an Affordable Housing Fund in the House version of regulatory reform legislation governing Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac […]
Stemming the Red Tide
Greedy bankers, brokers, and investors abused their political power and forced millions of Americans to lose their homes. Now what can we do to solve the crisis?