Watching the Democratic National Convention last night, I was struck by one of the most significant but rarely discussed aspects of a potential Obama presidency. Barack Obama would be the first president in memory - to my knowledge the first since Teddy Roosevelt - to come from an urban background. He grew up in Honolulu [...]
A colleague of mine who is currently attending the PolicyLink Summit in New Orleans just sent me a great resource for non-profit organizations who are politically active. A publication of the Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network, Nonprofits, Elections, and Voting is
a 15 page guide to permissible, nonpartisan voter participation activities for 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations. [...]
The U.S. House of Representatives today approved a spending bill that increases the National Endowment for the Arts’ budget by about $20 million. President Bush is considered likely to sign the bill, which will represents a 16% increase over the NEA’s budget from last year.
Some of you may know that I haven’t always been [...]
Guess which current presidential candidate was recently responsible for the following quotes:
I tend to think that one of the greatest mistakes in education over the past generation has been that many school districts have cut their budgets in music and art programs. And in doing so, they’ve done one of the dumbest things that [...]
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