THE RIVER OF NO RETURN
Among histories of the civil rights movement of the 1960's there are few personal narratives better than this one. Besides being an insider's account of the rise and fall of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
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- Gentrification, Homeless People and Young Professionals
The homeless people on my block are being forced to compete with young professionals for midday squatting rites. The young professionals are attracted by a food service business that sells them gourmet coffee and lunch from a waist-high street-side window. Each working day, they pour onto the block and gather ... - New Thinking, Major Reforms and Urgent Action Needed ASAP
The current crises threatening stability in virtually every sector of U.S. society should be all the proof sane and balanced people need in order to understand that we are hovering on a precipice between extraordinary achievement, and dramatic, unalterable decline. Given that, we all need to remain alert and aware ... - Torturers and Their Tortured Defense of the Indefensible
The firestorm of political controversy engendered by President Obama’s release of four Bush administration torture memos is not likely to subside any time soon. Moreover, there is every good reason to assume that the intensity of debate about torture, and other abuses commonly perpetrated abroad in numerous instances by U.S. ... - More Fear, Less Butter, No Peace: Time to Begin Dismantling the U.S. Empire
These are portentous times for the United States. There are many things to be grateful for, including the current ascendancy of mainstream liberal politics in the nation’s capitol. The stock market is slowly edging upwards, and panic about the possibility of total financial collapse appears to be subsiding. The Obama ... - San Francisco Struggles With Chronic Homelessness
San Francisco’s municipal leaders exude considerable pride when they assert that they have removed approximately 8,000 homeless people from the city’s streets during the past six years. Pride is also evident when they discuss the number of homeless people who have been substantially rehabilitated during their watch via municipal assistance. ... - Democrats, Republicans, and Philosophical Obsolescence
The current economic crisis is inexorably tightening the vise of poverty that has been strangling this nation’s poorest citizens for several decades. Ragged, begging homeless people are the most obvious victims of the escalating tragedy of deprivation haunting our cities, towns, suburbs, isolated hamlets and barren, ... - Dismayed Experts and the Current Financial Tsunami
The desperation exuding from experts regarding the current “global financial crisis” does not bode well for the immediate future. All the most important signals from Washington, D.C., London, Paris, Moscow, New Delhi, Tokyo and Beijing confirm my firm impression that the “wise men” in charge of the world’s financial affairs ... - Belated Press Acknowledgments of U.S. Racial Apartheid
Today’s edition of the San Francisco Chronicle contains an interesting column by Carl Nolte wherein he describes the manner in which racial apartheid was practiced in this city until relatively recent times. “The whole world knows it now.” wrote Nolte, "and millions of people saw it with their own eyes. A ... - The Obama Paradox: Campaign Like a Lion, Govern Like a Lamb
Like everyone else, I am closely watching every move President-elect Barack Obama makes in preparation for taking office next week. And even though I am generally impressed by the intelligent, organized manner in which he has put together his cabinet and team of advisers, some aspects of his perfrmance are ... - Mainstream Journalism and the Homeless: Conspicuous Avoidance
We should all be deeply concerned about the conspicuous avoidance practiced by mainstream organs of journalism regarding the rising number of homeless U.S. citizens. The print and broadcast media devote, it seems, as little attention to the subject as they possibly can. And the little reportage they provide does little to ...