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Kathryn Edin on the Injustice of Place
Poverty researcher Kathryn Edin talks about the insights from her new Book, The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of...
Alice Waters on the Power of Real Food
In this very special episode, we re-visit our conversation with award-winning Chez Panisse chef and cookbook author Alice Waters who...
Share Our Strength Alumni on Leadership, Lessons Learned and Their Roles as CEOs
ASPCA’s Matt Bershadker and VOW for Girls’ Clay Dunn made an impact at Share Our Strength, and now they are...
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...
Why the Debt Ceiling Deal Makes Our No Kid Hungry Strategy More Important
I have received several inquiries as to how the debt ceiling deal and proposed federal budget cuts will affect our...
Avoiding the Truth: The Hypocrisy of Debt Ceiling Deals and Bad Marriages
The debt ceiling deal has exposed our political system to be a lot like a bad marriage that perpetuates itself...
Remembering my turn at in that classic role: summer intern
I’m looking forward to lunch later this week with Share Our Strength’s amazing interns. I came to Washington more tha...
A harsh critique of leaders who won’t use their post powerful tool: rhetorical suasion
In this week’s New Yorker, staff writer George Packer, who is increasingly becoming that rare journalistic voice for the voiceless...
Letter from Goose Rocks Beach Observing Senators and Seals
When we kayak here we almost always paddle out about 200 yards into the ocean and turn right toward the...
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