8 Articles

Monday, September 28, 2009
Should Progressives and all people concerned about poverty support Acorn?
(4 comments) The right goes after the left's most effective groups. Because ACORN does not rely on government funds, but like a union and the NRA, has members' dues, the organization will survive the orchestrated attacks by the right. But if it's to restore its strength as the most effective national poor people's organization it will need the support of the progressive community.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009
John Stewart VS. CNBC AND CRAMER: who is to blame for the foreclosure crisis?
(1 comments) If you still have not watched The Daily show stop what you are doing and go on the Internet and watch the last weeks clips of Jon Stewart's show. He engaged in a weeklong battle with CNBC and Jim Cramer. What Stewart did was amazing. He helped change the national debate about the Obama's foreclosure bailout.

Saturday, January 24, 2009
The Best of the Inaugural: Obama, Seeger and Springsteen
(2 comments) Watching the Sunday Inaugural ceremonies reminded me of a political and singing event I attended 2 years ago and the thoughts I had about the possibility of change.I attended a Springsteen concert that paid homage to Seeger. Bruce was bridging the gap between the suburban-liberal-activist kids such as my son, who was raised on Seeger, and the more conservative white working-class kids who spent their summers at the Shore...

Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Obama: Encouraging Social Movements and Other Lessons from FDR's Era
(4 comments) Obama is bent on passing a sweeping economic agenda to create and save jobs through tax cuts and public spending on roads, bridges, schools, health care as well as clean energy technology that would make the United States less dependent on foreign oil. But he will need a social movement to succeed. It doesn't look likely.

Friday, October 31, 2008
Acorn and the GOP Blame Game
The Republican attack on ACORN, the community organizing group, has accelerated dramatically in the last few weeks, with John McCain, Sarah Palin, conservative columnists and bloggers, and right-wing TV and radio talk show hosts all joining in the anti-ACORN chorus. Among other assaults, they have been scapegoating ACORN for Wall Street's disastrous lending spree

Thursday, September 25, 2008
Financial Implosion: 2nd Chance for Progressive Banking Reform?
(1 comments) I served on the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) advisory committee, the S&L bail-out agency created by the first President Bush. I was appointed later by President Clinton. To understand the present bailout you need to know what we should have learned from that boondoggle.

Thursday, June 21, 2007
US ATTORNEYGATE, ACORN, VOTER SUPPRESSION AND THE MAINSTREAM PRESS
Apart from the McClatchy News outlet, the mainstream media coverage of the U.S. attorney scandal has missed the important backstory: the protracted struggle over voting rights. At the center of the storm is a David versus Goliath battle. On the one side is the Bush Administration and the Republican Party apparatus. On the other side is ACORN, a little-known, national, grassroots, anti-poverty organization.

Monday, October 30, 2006
Senator Menendez: Just another crook? Another Swift-boat victim? Or Perfect for New Jersey?
(1 comments) Incumbent Democratic Senator, Robert Menendez, in a close race for Senate, is being attacked by the same "Swift Boat" gang that helped sink John Kerry in 2004. And the ads claim to highlight Menendez's "shady record as a politician." The ads are working. Menendez is losing the support of liberals,progressives and independents. Are the accusations true? Or is Menendez perfect for New Jersey?