To Right These Wrongs http://www.torightthesewrongs.com The North Carolina Fund and the Battle to End Poverty and Inequality in 1960s America Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:49:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 “Winning the Class War” http://www.torightthesewrongs.com/2010/12/winning-the-class-war/ http://www.torightthesewrongs.com/2010/12/winning-the-class-war/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 05:10:14 +0000 admin http://www.torightthesewrongs.com/?p=1477 New York Times columnist Bob Herbert recently commented on the dangers lurking in the vast inequalities of wealth in America and the sharp contrast between unprecedented corporate profits and near-depression-level rates of unemployment.  “There is no way to bring America’s … Read the rest

]]> http://www.torightthesewrongs.com/2010/12/winning-the-class-war/feed/ 0 Discovering NC’s History of Philanthropic Leadership http://www.torightthesewrongs.com/2010/11/discovering-ncs-history-of-philanthropic-leadership/ http://www.torightthesewrongs.com/2010/11/discovering-ncs-history-of-philanthropic-leadership/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 04:15:36 +0000 admin http://www.torightthesewrongs.com/?p=1472 A reader comments on stumbling upon To Right These Wrongs and discovering “North Carolina’s legacy of progressive philanthropic, educational and political leadership.”  That legacy is something we desperately need to recall and recover as we seek to chart our way … Read the rest

]]> http://www.torightthesewrongs.com/2010/11/discovering-ncs-history-of-philanthropic-leadership/feed/ 0 Op Ed: Charity Is Not Enough http://www.torightthesewrongs.com/2010/11/op-ed-charity-is-not-enough/ http://www.torightthesewrongs.com/2010/11/op-ed-charity-is-not-enough/#comments Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:22:01 +0000 admin http://www.torightthesewrongs.com/?p=1464 The young man at the checkout counter politely informed me about Harris Teeter’s fund drive for the local food bank and asked if I would donate money. I did. I couldn’t load up my car with cranberries, potatoes and pie … Read the rest

]]> http://www.torightthesewrongs.com/2010/11/op-ed-charity-is-not-enough/feed/ 0 Learning about Poverty from the Photographs of Billy Barnes http://www.torightthesewrongs.com/2010/05/learning-about-poverty-from-the-photographs-of-billy-barnes/ http://www.torightthesewrongs.com/2010/05/learning-about-poverty-from-the-photographs-of-billy-barnes/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 17:08:26 +0000 admin http://www.torightthesewrongs.com/?p=942 In a recent post to the UNC Press Blog, Patrick Cullom, Visual Materials Archivist for Special Collections at UNC’s Wilson Library, describes his work cataloging and preserving the 63,000 images that make up the Billy E. Barnes Photographic Collection.  Barnes … Read the rest

]]> http://www.torightthesewrongs.com/2010/05/learning-about-poverty-from-the-photographs-of-billy-barnes/feed/ 0 Op-Ed: Poverty’s Place in the Wake County School Debate http://www.torightthesewrongs.com/2010/03/povertys-place-in-the-school-debate-2/ http://www.torightthesewrongs.com/2010/03/povertys-place-in-the-school-debate-2/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:43:22 +0000 admin http://www.torightthesewrongs.com/?p=708 Poverty has been the elephant in the room during debates about Wake County’s school assignment plan.

This week the school board voted to end the longstanding policy that encouraged socioeconomic diversity in schools. That plan tried to ensure that no … Read the rest

]]> http://www.torightthesewrongs.com/2010/03/povertys-place-in-the-school-debate-2/feed/ 0 Poverty Scorecard for North Carolina’s Congressional Delegation http://www.torightthesewrongs.com/2010/02/poverty-scorecard-for-north-carolinas-congressional-delegation/ http://www.torightthesewrongs.com/2010/02/poverty-scorecard-for-north-carolinas-congressional-delegation/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:17:50 +0000 admin http://www.torightthesewrongs.com/?p=218 The Sargent Shriver National Poverty Law Center rates the performance of members of Congress on the year’s most important poverty issues. Click here to see the scorecard for North Carolina’s senators and representatives.… Read the rest

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