What Happened to the "Public" in Public Interest Advocacy?

Public Interest Law, or what used to be called Poverty Law, was the outgrowth of a political system that has failed to adequately address problems of social exclusion--exclusion that can be measured by socio-economic disparities, lack of access to political, legislative and judic …

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In April 1985, it is rumored that a collection of executives gathered at their corporate headquarters for an emergency meeting. On the table before them sat six small canisters which had been smuggled from their chief competitor's manufacturing plant.

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The Republican National Committee has commissioned polling and focus groups to determine the boundaries of attacking a minority or female candidate, according to people involved. The anti-humanist are coming out from under the Rove Rock.

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Why Newsvine Kicks Newspapers off the Curb and into the Gutter & Why Focus Groups need to be Retooled

It's amazing how debate over the printed word has changed in such a short span of time. It really makes you appreciate how cool Newsvine is. Below is one of the first stories I wrote that got published (Toronto Star, August 5, 1999).

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