In the ongoing discussions concerning the reauthorization of the federal HOPE VI public housing revitalization program, there has been much said about specific details of wording but less discussion about “first principles”. As H.R. 3524 moves to the full House and eventually to the Senate, we offer the following set of constitutional and civil rights principles for interested … [Read more...] about Civil Rights Statement on HOPE VI Reauthorization (January 2008)
Revitalization
“The Conflict Behind Our Racial Conflict” by Paul L. Wachtel (January-February 2005 P&R Issue)
By Paul L. Wachtel (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) As a psychologist, I think of political attitudes not as fixed and singular but as the end result of emotionally powerful conflicts that lie beneath what might seem to be monolithic opinions and dispositions. The task for those of us committed to progressive social change is to make contact with the side of our … [Read more...] about “The Conflict Behind Our Racial Conflict” by Paul L. Wachtel (January-February 2005 P&R Issue)
