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Labor Day comments on link between jobs and hunger
On Wednesday of this week the USDA releases its latest food insecurity numbers, and on Thursday, President Obama addresses a...
Top 6 Reasons Why No Kid Hungry Campaign is Needed and Destined to Succeed
I’ve been struck by the importance of relentlessly reinforcing the key messages of No Kid Hungry and what makes i...
The Unique Role of Public Affairs in Giving Voice to the Voiceless
This weekend I read a brand new book called Lifeblood: How to Change the World One Dead Mosquito at a...
Sara Brenner’s 8 common elements of successful social transformation initiatives
My colleague Sara Brenner, who is one of the leaders of Community Wealth Ventures, recently gacve a keynote speech a...
Sounds of silence greet new report showing jump in child poverty
The annual Kids Count report just released by the Annie E Casey Foundation shows that the child poverty rate i...
Washington is not just out of money, it is out of big and bold ideas
The stock market continues to plummet. Unemployment is stubbornly stuck above 9 per cent. A record 45 million Americans are...
In Reducing the Federal Budget we have Reduced the National Imagination
There is a shockingly large inverse correlation between the number of pundits and politicians now saying that Obama should focus...
Falling stocks and the need to create community wealth
When the stock market drops by more than 500 points as it did yesterday, it is not only bad for...
forgetting the unforgettable
Yesterday a wise friend and accomplished leader in the New York business community wrote the following in response to my...