Colin Greer is president of the New World Foundation in New York. He was a founding editor of Change and Social Policy magazines, a professor for many years in the CUNY system, and has written several award-winning books on education and public policy. His best selling book A Call to Character (HarperCollins, 1995) is a progressive response to William Bennett's Book of Virtues.
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Philanthropy as solidarity The aims of social-justice philanthropy require grantmaking organisations to align principle and practice from within, says Colin Greer of the New World Foundation.
The politics of calmFear and caution are paralysing progressive politics in the United States. It's time to believe that boldness can win, says Colin Greer.
A new majority for the American leftIt is time for Democrats to realise that the future of progressive American politics lies at its vibrant grassroots, says Colin Greer.
How the Democrats can win: an interview with Colin GreerColin Greer, director of the New World Foundation, tells openDemocracys Solana Larsen that the Democrats must learn a different way of thinking and acting in effect, to become a real political party rather than a message machine if they want to regain legitimacy and support across the United States.
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