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Reconnecting with America
EYES RIGHT!: Reflections on the November 8th Elections
In the 1992 campaign, Bill Clinton preached: "The rich get the gold mine and middle-class gets the...
A Simple Case of Fraud
EYES RIGHT!: Reflections on the November 8th Elections
The beauty of Ronald Reagan, Newt Gingrich and so many other Republicans is that they make it...
Caught Off Base
EYES RIGHT!: Reflections on the November 8th Elections
What do the election returns tell us? First, Republicans did not win so much as Democrats –...
The Wake-Up Call
EYES RIGHT!: Reflections on the November 8th Elections
What makes this moment so difficult is not just the growing strength of the right wing. It...
Election Day Victories
EYES RIGHT!: Reflections on the November 8th Elections
At the top of the ticket, where the pundits put all their attention, November 8, 1994, was...
Jerry E. Abramson, Louisville Kentucky’s Progressive Mayor on Housing and Community...
Housing is a serious issue in Louisville, Kentucky. Last October was Affordable Housing Month, a month sponsored by the Metropolitan Housing Coalition (MHC) that...
The Neighborhood Institute: Training Citizens and Preparing Leaders
Since the 1960s, citizen participation in community development has been an ideal intended to spur neighborhood revitalization. Yet that ideal – embedded in such...
A Nation in Trouble
Most of us feel today that this country and its communities are in serious trouble. We don't, however, see anyone doing anything ambitious enough...
Building a Strong Movement for Housing Justice
For two decades, the National Low-Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) has been in the forefront of the struggle for decent housing for the poor. It...
Holding Politicians Accountable
The elections of 1994 demonstrated the power of constituent organizing (mostly done by the right wing), the dissatisfaction of many voters with the current...
In This Issue
We must "return to independent action, organizing a broad movement for economic justice for poor and working people," Jesse Jackson admonishes us in this...
Washington News and Views
From the National Alliance to End Homelessness
Clinton Administration to Propose HUD Reinvention
The Clinton Administration has thought better of a plan it had formulated to...
The 104th Congress: What’s In Store?
EYES RIGHT!: Reflections on the November 8th Elections
The 103rd Congress adjourned December 1 without having enacted comprehensive housing and community development legislation. Although the...