The Weight of the Poor: A Strategy to End Poverty The Weight of the Poor: A Strategy to End Poverty
A mass strategy to recruit the poor onto welfare rolls would create a political crisis that could result in legislation that brings an end to poverty.
Mar 8, 2010 / 150th Anniversary / Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward
The Internet Will Change the Way We Relate to One Another The Internet Will Change the Way We Relate to One Another
“Given the stakes and the power of the interests now seeking to shape and profit from this new technology, the end result may not be a happy one for the average citizen-user.”
Jul 12, 1993 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
A Report from Occupied Territory A Report from Occupied Territory
These things happen, in all our Harlems, every single day. If we ignore this fact, and our common responsibility to change this fact, we are sealing our doom.
Jul 11, 1966 / 150th Anniversary / James Baldwin
The Transatlantic Telegraph Will Concentrate Money and Power in the Hands of the Few The Transatlantic Telegraph Will Concentrate Money and Power in the Hands of the Few
“Where it is all going to end, and what kind of life the ‘merchant of the future’ will lead, nobody knows.”
Sep 27, 1866 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner