In April, the Center for American Progress—“a nonpartisan research and educational institute dedicated to promoting a strong, just and free America that ensures opportunity for all”—released the final report of its Task Force on Poverty: From Poverty to Prosperity: A National Strategy to Cut Poverty in Half. The Task Force was co-chaired by Angela Glover Blackwell of PolicyLink … [Read more...] about “Ending/Reducing Poverty: A Forum” (July-August 2007 P&R Issue)
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“A Wake-Up Call for Liberals” by Richard D. Kahlenberg (November-December 1999 P&R Issue)
By Richard D. Kahlenberg (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Leonard Steinhorn and Barbara Diggs-Brown make a compelling case that integration remains an illusion, and for that reason, the book is a powerful antidote to the happy talk of conservatives who tend to emphasize only the progress that we have made. But the authors’ sobering evidence on the state of race … [Read more...] about “A Wake-Up Call for Liberals” by Richard D. Kahlenberg (November-December 1999 P&R Issue)
