Nuts Over ACORN

The Twitterverse went nuts over one news story this week. Hannah Giles and James O’Keefe posed as a prostitute and a pimp, respectively, in an attempt to expose the dark side of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). Giles and O’Keefe traveled across the country to various ACORN offices asking for advice […]

Acts

The act of publishing no longer is a privilege for the few. With the widespread availability of the Internet, publishing has become a right for the many. This radical change has raised many issues and challenges for journalism.

Skid Row and a Safer City

“Six million spent for fifty additional cops on Skid Row … but only $5.7 million spent for homeless services CITYWIDE.” A poster emblazoned with those words stood against a wall in the Los Angeles Community Action Network’s office. Pete White founded the Los Angeles Community Action Network in 2004 to fight for the rights of […]