Community Action
September 21, 2007 -
Yesterday, thousands of marchers descended on Jena, Louisiana to support the "Jena 6." Despite being ignored for months by the mainstream media, the case has become a defining racial justice and civil rights struggle of our time.
February 8, 2007 -
"OUR servants meet in OUR House. They decide how to spend OUR taxes. But their decisions have been corrupted. Rich corporations pay to play in our House. We can't match their money, but with God's Grace and your hard work, we can sure out-number them!"
November 30, 2006 -
Grassroots efforts to address the Gulf Coast's housing crisis are growing just as a federal judge has ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency to resume rental aid to Gulf Coast residents displaced by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
November 22, 2006 -
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, there were countless unsung heroes who rose up to not only help those in need, but who started organizing to demand a more just reconstruction of the Gulf Coast.
October 18, 2006 -
Last Friday, October 13, a group of 50 grassroots leaders gathered in Ripley, West Virginia to reflect on the rich history of the Commission on Religion in Appalachia, or CORA.
September 22, 2006 -
With the economy still sluggish and tax-cut pressure starving state budgets, many states have yet to fully emerge from the financial crises that took hold a decade ago. So what's a broke state government to do? According to a report in USA Today, start selling stuff:
August 31, 2006 -
Clayton Homes, headquartered in East Tennessee, is the nation's largest mobile home manufacturer. Clayton is a successful local family owned and operated company - so successful they were recently purchased by Warren Buffet. Apparently they aren't too happy with FEMA: