Growing up, my family did not have a lot of money, so my mom was always grateful for the benefit of the Child Tax Credit. That refund was a safety net, money we often used to buy school supplies or help pay bills that we were struggling to keep up on.
Like me and my mom, millions of families depend on the Child Tax Credit to help when things are tight.
Many of those hard...
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The End of Retail Politics?
From the New York Times:
"In what is shaping up as a profound change in American politics, the living room stops and the cafe visits where candidates offer handshakes and make appeals for support are creeping toward extinction. The onetime fixtures of the campaign trail are giving way to the Fox News studio and televised debates. It has...
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...
