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Let's Use Social Media to Organize Against Injustice!

Social media is a fabulous tool to organzie against injustice--just ask some of the big grassroots online gorups like Credo and MoveOn. And one of the things I like best is that ordinary people with no special credentials or following ...READ»

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Why Can't Poetry Be an Organizing Tool? Why Cant' the Arts Play a Big Role in Politics?

I live just outside Northampton, Massachusetts. About ten years ago, Northampton established the position of City Poet Laureate, with a two-year term. Until two years ago, the post was mostly ceremonial. The official poet would ...READ»

A Second Act for Second Life, as an Urban Planning Tool

Second Life's passe right? Maybe not. Two MacArthur-grant geniuses use it to help average citizens design their own communities.READ»