by Heather Brandon | Aug 23, 2007 | Urban Compass
Springfield native John Lysak is running for City Council. Following are his answers to a series of questions I sent him via email. The interview is part of an attempt to reach most, if not all, of the candidates for City Council this year and learn more about their...
by James Heflin | Aug 23, 2007 | Ten Gallon Liberal
From today’s Washington Post: A White House manual that came to light recently gives presidential advance staffers extensive instructions in the art of "deterring potential protestors" from President Bush’s public appearances around the country....
by Northampton Redoubt | Aug 23, 2007 | Northampton Redoubt
This website is a great resource for community organizers: http://ctb.ku.edu Based at the University of Kansas, the mission of Community Toolbox is promoting community health and development by connecting people, ideas and resources. The following is from their...
by Northampton Redoubt | Aug 23, 2007 | Northampton Redoubt
This Saturday, Join Worker-Owners Up and Down the Valley!The Valley Alliance of Worker Cooperatives (VAWC) celebrates its secondanniversary! VAWC is a local network of worker-owned cooperatives and theirallies who organize to promote the worker-cooperative model in...
by Alan Bisbort | Aug 23, 2007 | News
At the risk of putting too grandiose a spin on it, I have some information that might save the life of your high-school-aged child. Actually, it comes courtesy of the American Friends Service Committee, and it consists of two words: Opt out. This simple concept gives...