The Realist Idealist

On the Social Sector, Politics, Using Technology, and Making Good Things (actually) Happen

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Concerning Media Portrayals of Black Male Politicians

Posted by Jake · March 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I opened the Times homepage this morning to find this article headlining:
Early Dazzle, Then Tough Times for Governor
That Deval Patrick (the nation’s second black governor) has had a rough go of it in the last year is not new news. That his latest bill was defeated yesterday may be “new” news, but it’s certainly [...]

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Modern Do-Gooders and America Forward

Posted by Jake · March 24th, 2008 · 3 Comments

That David Brooks would write an article about social entrepreneurship and more or less delineate the exact path that many of my friends have taken in recent years (graduate from top 20 US university –> Year of Service program like TfA –> grad school –> software/business/corporation –> launch social enterprise) was surprising to me.
NYT: Thoroughly [...]

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Category: Politics · Social Enterprise · Social Entrepreneurs · awareness raising
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