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Peter Block

The Bin Laden Effect: In Praise of Our Government

Peter Block -
The death of Osama bin Laden completes a painful chapter in our history. The reaction of many is celebration. Some will use this occasion to warn of more fear to come. I, however, would like to take hold of...
Friends & Neighbors

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John McKnight -
John, Peter and Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggemann explore themes of power and patriarchy; human fallibility and gifts; and accumulation and abundance in building and sustaining community in these uncut videos from their two days at Trinity University, San...
Stories

ABCD in Action

John McKnight -
ABCD in Action is a lively new site focused on ways to apply the principles and practices of Asset-Based Community Development and related strength-based and commonsense approaches. The site’s members now include more than 2,000 practitioners from more than 50 countries...
Peter Block

A Future for Journalism: The Story of What’s Working

Peter Block -
Most of what you read about the field of journalism is grim. Journalists now rank below lawyers as being trusted in the eyes of the public. Print news and TV channels are in a steep revenue decline. We are...
John McKnight

How Much Harm Do Social Services Do?

John McKnight -
A few weeks ago, I received this email from Dan Oliver of Cleveland, Ohio, asking my thoughts on the role of social service agencies in undercutting the power of families and neighborhoods to solve their own problems: Dear Mr. McKnight, I...
Peter Block

The Latest Executive Tool: The Weed Whacking Golf Driver

Peter Block -
We often criticize our consumer society in this space, but some purchases are just too good to pass up, especially when it comes to something that will give us an edge in the ultimate Corporate Sport: Golf. Before getting...
John McKnight

The Neighborhood Plague

John McKnight -
A plague has descended on many of our neighborhoods.  It is a plague intensified by recession, corporate drive for profit and confusion about what government can do that is useful. People are out of work; homes are foreclosed. All the public...
Peter Block

Biding My Time

Peter Block -
For those concerned about the side effects of consumerism, about the “new normal” recession that will not go away, about disparity of living standards, about the well-being of our children, our health, our elderly, our safety and our food...
Stories

Leveraging Capacity for Change

John McKnight -
Staff of the New Economics Institute e-Newsletter, March 12, 2011 Together with others around the world, our thoughts are with those affected by yesterday's devastating earthquake and tsunami. The following eNewsletter was prepared in advance of that tragedy. The Laurel Hill Association...
Peter Block

Seeing Ahead

Peter Block -
Social invention pioneer Al Etmanski asked me this question recently: What would you like to see made visible in 2011? It’s a great question because it constructs a world where the future we desire is close at hand, if we...
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Corporate Capture: Can We Find a Way Out?

This article, published originally by Nonprofit Quarterly, from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine’s summer 2024 issue, “Escaping Corporate Capture.” The aircraft manufacturer Boeing,...
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