This column was written by Peter Dreier. Before Karen Bass was elected Speaker of the California Assembly--the second-most-powerful job in the nation's largest state, with over 36 million people--she ...

In her fiery Republican convention speech this summer, Gov. Sarah Palin attacked Sen. Barack Obama by belittling his experience as a community organizer. She compared working as a small-town mayor to ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. When Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin took the stage at ...

Si Kahn’s latest book, Creative Community Organizing, is a reflective collection of stories and songs from Kahn’s long and venerable history as a community organizer. He tells riveting tales from his ...

In Barack Obama's keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic convention, he rebuked "those who are preparing to divide us," and famously declared, "there's not a liberal America and a conservative America; ...

The biggest punch line so far at this Republican convention in St. Paul: “community organizer.” Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Why ...

This week, the JOURNAL profiled Massachusetts community organizer Steve Meacham, who recruits activists and works to stop evictions of people living in foreclosed homes. Meacham described the process ...

The New York Times reports that in 1985 Barack Obama accepted a job as a community organizer in Chicago “for a starting salary of $10,000 a year, plus $2,000 to buy a car.” That amount appears to be ...

Black children are suffering in public schools, and the effects of institutional racism are paralyzing potential. Community organizer Jacqueline Bridgeforth-Williams, is all too familiar with the ...

Leading the way for the next generation of leaders is President-elect Barack Obama, who has described his formative work experience as a community organizer in Chicago’s South Side in 1985, when he ...