What Members are Writing
Money and Politics
Fran Korten writes on the website of Yes! Magazine that while the recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions in the Citizens United case and McCutcheon v. FCC make it “easy for someone with a lot of money to influence our elections…The good news is that the momentum for a constitutional amendment is growing. Already, 16 states and more than 500 towns and cities have passed referendums recommending an amendment to overturn the effects” of the decisions.
Korten, publisher of the magazine, worked for Ford from 1978 to 1997 in Community and Resource Development and in the Jakarta, Manila and New York offices. The full article is available at yesmagazine.org/people-power
Beware Emerging Neo-Malthusian Concerns
Rosalia Sciortino writes in The Jakarta Post in its April 8 edition that “recent developments indicate reemerging neo-Malthusian concerns about population growth and its impacts on economic and environmental sustainability….In this heightened enthusiasm for family planning…sexual and reproductive health seems to be left out.”
Sciortino worked in the Jakarta and Manila offices from 1993 to 2000 and is regional director of the Southeast and East Asia International Research Center in Bangkok.
The Need for Executive Action
Alan Jenkins notes in a blog posted on the website of the online political journal The Hill that “….President Obama is on solid ground—both constitutionally and politically—in using executive power to protect and expand opportunity….but much more is needed….he should issue an order requiring that agencies administer federal appropriations—programs, contracts, grants and loans—so as to maximize job creation, foster economic mobility, and ensure equal opportunity. He should operationalize that commitment by requiring Opportunity Impact Statements as a precursor to any major spending.”
Jenkins, who is executive director of The Opportunity Agenda, a public interest organization in Washington, D.C., was Director of Rights and Social Justice at Ford. This article is available at The Hill website.
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