Because it's the holiday season, my son Alex came to work today. And he got to come on a very special trip-- to see the President argue for a payroll tax cut extension and extension of unemployment insurance. Here are his reactions to the President's speech. Many people are on a budget and $40 is a lot of money to them. $40 can change the world. $40 will buy...
Before I started writing for the blog here, I was another out-of-work, recent college graduate, like so many of my friends. My brother had graduated three years before me and, at that time, my parents struggled to help him figure out a way to get health insurance. My family was lucky enough to be able to do that, but many of my brothers’ friends weren’t able to get insurance, and...
I’m angry and I’m frustrated. And perhaps like me, you don’t recognize the country you live in anymore. It’s not just the rabid partisan politics or the dour national mood driven by our deepening recession; it’s simply the lack of compassion for our disadvantaged compatriots. It’s the drumbeat of ideological dogma that focuses more on spending cuts than the...
In recent weeks, the Center for Community Change has been testing our new vision for “scale with soul,” attempting to reach thousands of Americans who have not been reached before; urging organizers and active leaders to reach beyond their current base to build a powerful, authentic, bottom-up movement for social change. With the American dream itself under assault, we are...
