“” is an important book. I think so not because his favorable portrait of the Harlem’s Children Zone provides the answers, but because it inspires so many questions: about the nature of urban poverty, the capacity and means by which public institutions ...
One of the main reasons I support Mike Bloomberg for Mayor is his support of immigrants, and his understanding of the critical role they play in our communities and in our economy. When the conversation about comprehensive immigration reform was ...
A few weeks ago, the campaign released a radio spot called "". The ad starts off with Mike addressing the listeners directly, explaining how important the middle class is to the livelihood of our city. There's one line, which Mike says early in the ad, ...
Show your support. Buzz this article up. According to her website, Gillibrand opposes a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and co-sponsored the Secure America through Verification and Enforcement (SAVE) Act in 2007. The SAVE Act ...
At the Drum Major Institute we've been keeping an Eye on the Right. Here are the most memorable arguments (if you want to call them that) we heard conservative think tanks peddle in 2008--arguments likely to be repackaged and regifted as the Obama ...
Was it a debate or a sporting event? Hard to tell from the post-game coverage. It's all about "who won?" McCain seemed angry, Obama presidential.... ...
According to a recent poll by the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, more than 80% of American adults consider themselves to be middle class. About 40% of these citizens plan to vote for John McCain for president. But some of the policies favored ...
Show your support. Buzz this article up. Enough with the talk about filling in the foreign affairs gap. This just accepts that we are going to live out yet ANOTHER campaign the way the right wants us to -- on their turf. The most pressing ...
Do you know what your member of Congress did today? Share and save this post: Is all of the House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate up for election in November? In the midst of all of the talk of vice presidential choices, Paris Hilton ...
Is all of the House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate up for election in November? In the midst of all of the talk of vice presidential choices, Paris Hilton and who is the real celebrity, and how much was raised this quarter by the DNC ...
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