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The Populist Case for Caroline Kennedy

Al Giordano | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Community Organizing, David Paterson, Ted Kennedy, US Senate, Caroline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy Senate Seat, U.S. Senate, Caroline Kennedy Senate, David Paterson Caroline Kennedy, Hillary Clinton Senate Seat, Politics News

Caroline Kennedy's open support for marriage rights for gays and lesbians in an era when top liberal Democrats can't bring themselves to support it offers the best antidote to the Rick Warren blues yet.

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The Revolution in the Hello

Reverend Billy | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Community Organizing, Logos, Consumerism, Society, America, Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping, Economy, Politics News

The dream of being a Consumer was supposed to be a one-way trip. It was the new America and there was no way out -- only the deeper dream.

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The People's Agenda in Washington: Live Webcast Thurs, Dec 4 3pm EST

Sally Kohn | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Transition, Obama Transition, Community Organizing, Barack Obama, Politics News

Today, I sat in a room while a dozen or so everyday Americans prepared to share the stage with top leaders from the Obama transition team and the new Congress.

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Let's Invest in the Real Detroit

Scott Kurashige | Posted 12.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Community Organizing, Race, Big Three Automakers, Bailout, Corporations, Activism, Detroit, Business News

Detroit's proud residents take offense at the national media's use of their city's name as a synonym for the American auto industry, an industry transformed by suburbanization and outsourcing.

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Hillary's Best Incarnation Yet (Hail to the Community Organizer-in-Chief!)

Beth Arnold | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: The Clintons, Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Obama's Cabinet, Community Organizer, Community Organizing, Barack Obama Community Organizer, Barack Obama Community Organizing, Obama National Security Team, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin Community Organizers, Obama Cabinet, Politics News

All the critics who made fun of Obama's community organizing experience (Sarah Palin, are you listening?) were toothless wonders.

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Stirring The Pot With The Women's Food Movement

Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 11.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Women, Slow Food, Michael Pollan, The Women's Food Movement, Carlo Petrini, Food, Omnivore's Dilemma, Twitter, Obama, Community Organizing, Alice Waters, Organics, Green News

(cross-post from La Marguerite blog) One casual comment made by a girlfriend during a recent dinner at my house, got me thinking, deep, about women, ...

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The City of Saint Francis Loses Its Own Saint Henry

Bob Ostertag | Posted 11.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Community Organizer, Gays and Lesbians, Community Organizing, Hank WIlson, Gay Rights, Human Rights, San Francisco, Living News

My post today might seem of primarily local interest in San Francisco. But if you give it a look, you will see that it deals with issues of human rig...

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Critical Friendship: Obama & Us

Sally Kohn | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, Community Organizing, Progressive Movement, Barack Obama, Agenda, Politics News

Obama won by convincing millions of Americans that there are no permanent enemies of progressive change. In the same spirit, Obama's supporters must not become permanent friends to our new President.

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After the (Grand Old) Party: Don't Go Home Just Yet

Shahid Buttar | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Barack Obama Presidential Transition, Obama Election Day, Grassroots, Obama Presidency, Obama's Cabinet, Obama, Obama Transition, Executive Power, Barack Obama, Culture Wars, Pakistan, Christopher Shays, Marriage Equality, Change, Robert Gates, John Kerry, Electoral System, Gop, Community Organizing, Newt Gingrich, Domestic Spying, President Obama, Obama Administration, Obama White House, Obama Priorities, Obama Issues, President Elect Obama, Politics News

If the crowds celebrating Obama's victory go home in 2009, his Administration will achieve disappointing results. The President-Elect will confront a variety of national and global crises.

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Bloggers: Get Thee to Congressional Staffs!

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama’s Chances, Sunlight Foundation, Youth Vote, Participatory Democracy, Civic Participation, Conservatives, The White House Project, President Obama, Influence Peddling, On the Ground 2008, Bloggers Obama, Congress, Community Organizing, Obama Transition, Progressive Politics, Politics News

You twenty-somethings who are reading this, if you can't take your day job after being part of such a political earthquake like last week's election, go find your local Member of Congress and apply for a job.

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Election Reflection: Good News and Bad News for Women and Families

Judy Patrick | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Prop 8 Results, Proposition 4, Proposition 8, President Obama, Prop 8, Obama Wins, Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, Election Day 2008, No on Prop 8, Prop 4, Election Day, California Propositions, Community Organizer, California Prop 8, Election Results, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, Prop 8 Ballot Initiative, HuffPost Election Reaction, Presidential Results, Election Reaction, California Prop 4, Obama Presidency, California Proposition 4, Community Organizing, Presidential Election, Election Analysis, Obama President, California Proposition 8, Politics News

Sadly, many voters did not see past their fears to understand how denying LGBT people rights is cut from the same cloth of discrimination that made Obama's election such a poignant event.

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"Support I Have Yet to Earn": Obama's Victory Speech

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Barack Obama was in the No-Gloat Zone. For his very first speech as president-elect... Obama crafted a message with much of the scope and power of an inaugural address.

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Community Organizer of the World

Joan Garry | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Obama stands today as the president-elect of the United States because of his credential as a community organizer. What a delicious irony.

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Community Values Vote: Election Day From the Grassroots

Sally Kohn | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Turnout, Swing States, Community Organizing, Election Results, Voter Suppression, Voter Turnout, Election Day, Voting Day, 2008 Election, Politics News

Since community organizers were front-and-center in this election -- sometimes celebrated, sometimes mocked -- why not hear from community organizers as Election Day unfolds?

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Oberlin Volunteer Canvasses Neighbor-to-Neighbor

Monica Klein | Posted 10.31.2008 | Home

Read More: Obama Hope, Obama Ohio, Child Abuse Services, Canvassing Obama, Local Volunteers, McCain Ohio, Racism in Politics, Obama Volunteers, Obama Local Volunteers, Barack Obama, Racism Ohio, Hometown Heroes, Obama Inspiration, Community Organizing, Election 2008, Campaign 2008, Obama Volunteers Stories, Home News

The local middle school in Kathy Rednaur's old town used to call Child Abuse Services on her every few months. Eventually, she picked up and moved her...

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Retired Teacher Uses His Background to Appeal to Voters in Red Territory

Tiffany C. Kern | Posted 10.31.2008 | Home

Read More: Community Organizing Obama, Red County, Get Out the Vote, Turlock California, Activist, Obama Volunteers, Barack Obama, Hometown Heroes, Military, Red State, Community Organizing, Election 2008, Campaign 2008, Military Family Democrat, Obama Volunteers Stories, Home News

Interview with Mike Burtch Biography: Mike Burtch is a retired school teacher from Turlock, CA. After a life of working the campaign trails for city...

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"Daily Show" Investigates ACORN, Community Organizing (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Daily Show Acorn, Video, Daily Show Community Organizing, Daily Show, Acorn, The Daily Show, Community Organizing, Daily Show Community Organizers, Daily Show Community Organizer, Politics News

John Oliver of "The Daily Show" talked to ACORN's Bertha Lewis about the evils of "community organizing." He also spoke with Liz Shaw, a conservative ...

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In Battleground Ohio, Community Organizing Trumps Cynicism: Lesson for 2012?

Sanford D. Horwitt | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Arnie Graf, Ted Strickland, Sherrod Brown, Progressives, Industrial Areas Foundation, 2004 Election in Ohio, Community Organizing, Saul Alinsky, Faith Vote Columbus, Jonathan Lange, Politics News

IAF organizers are confident that they will be able to show that a volunteer-driven voter participation strategy can significantly increase turnout in scores of precincts.

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Guidebook for a Media Meltdown

Mike Doyle | Posted 10.27.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Media Consolidation, Chicago Media, Grassroots Training, Social Justice, Community Organizing, Community Media Workshop, Chicago Nonprofits, Chicago News

The media world as we know it has imploded in the past year, nowhere with a louder thud than right here in Chicago.

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Studs for Obama

Edward Lifson | Posted 10.23.2008 | Chicago

I asked Studs Terkel, if he were to interview Obama, what would he ask him? That got him going.

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ACORN: They Took Our Nuts!

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Acorn, Public School, George W. Bush, Community Organizing, Mccain, Housing Crisis, Private School, 2008 Election, Civil Rights, Bush, Voter Registration Fraud, Acorn Scandal, Politics News

No wonder the GOP is desperately trying to neuter ACORN before the group manages to mobilize some seriously pissed-off poor people.

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Barack Obama's End Game Will Be On The Ground

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barney Smith, Camp Obama, New Mexico, Al Giordano, Ohio, Joe the Plumber, Obama Fellows, Zack Exley, Community Organizing, Obama-Biden, Sean Quinn, Barack Obama, Indiana, Stephen C. Rose, North Carolina, Politics News

By Stephen C. Rose If Barack Obama becomes president, it will be because of grass roots organization. The people who will make the difference on Nove...

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Making Sense of ACORN

Josh Brusin | Posted 10.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Acorn Voter Registration, Swing States, Civil Rights, Voter Caging, Gop, Community Organizer, Community Organizing, Obama, Election 2008, Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now, Politics News

It seems that ACORN is the GOP scapegoat this year. They tipped their hands when they labeled Obama a dastardly "community organizer" repeatedly at their convention.

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Neighbor To Neighbor: How Obama Targets Undecideds Block By Block

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: voteforchange.com, Community Organizing, Barack Obama, Obama Grassroots Organizing, Obama Online Organizing, Neighbor to Neighbor, Politics News

Marc Ambinder recently judged the "tech innovation" race between the Obama and McCain campaigns to be roughly equal, crediting each side with two web-...

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Pushing the Needle

Cynthia Torres | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Farming, Community Organizing, Fair Trade, Politics News

Their tattered spiral covers showed the wear and tear of being stuffed into book bags, hauled from one meeting to the next in search of people and organizations willing to work together.

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