This column was written by Peter Dreier. Before Karen Bass was elected Speaker of the California Assembly--the second-most-powerful job in the nation's largest state, with over 36 million people--she ...

In Barack Obama's keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic convention, he rebuked "those who are preparing to divide us," and famously declared, "there's not a liberal America and a conservative America; ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. When Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin took the stage at ...

Si Kahn’s latest book, Creative Community Organizing, is a reflective collection of stories and songs from Kahn’s long and venerable history as a community organizer. He tells riveting tales from his ...

Ask not what you can do for your country, said Errol Louis in the New York Daily News, unless you want Republicans making fun of you. In an ugly display of ignorance last week, speaker after speaker ...

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This week, the JOURNAL profiled Massachusetts community organizer Steve Meacham, who recruits activists and works to stop evictions of people living in foreclosed homes. Meacham described the process ...

Black children are suffering in public schools, and the effects of institutional racism are paralyzing potential. Community organizer Jacqueline Bridgeforth-Williams, is all too familiar with the ...

Sarah Palin threw down the gauntlet at the Republican National Convention when she said, "I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities ...

It’s only in the past year of my life that I’ve become comfortable calling myself someone who “organizes.” Through the influence of the groups I’ve been proximate to and part of, my life’s operating ...

The biggest punch line so far at this Republican convention in St. Paul: “community organizer.” Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Why ...