Third World America (37 page)

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DonorsChoose.org
, for example, invites public school teachers
: “Impact to Date,” May 2010,
www.donorschoose.org
.

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In Connecticut, Web developer Ben Berkowitz
: Daniel E. Slotnik, “News Sites Dabble with a Web Tool for Nudging Local Officials,” 3 Jan. 2010,
www.nytimes.com
.

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Using the backbone of social networking to help people connect
: Robin Wauters, “Google, Other Tech Heavyweights Back Volunteer Community Service All for Good,” 15 Jun. 2009,
www.techcrunch.com
.

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When television journalist Andrea McCarren
: Andrea McCarren, “A Laid-off Journalist Charts a New Course via Social Media,”
Nieman Reports
, Winter 2009,
www.nieman.harvard.edu
.

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were inspired to launch Project Bounce Back
: “About This Project,”
www.projectbounceback.com
.

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And it would be great if
: Andrew Carnegie,
The Gospel of Wealth and Other Timely Essays
(New York: The Century Co., 1901), 43.

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the wealthiest 1 percent
: G. William Domhoff, “Wealth, Income, and Power,” Apr. 2010,
www.sociology.usc.edu/whorulesamerica
.

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The pair has launched The Giving Pledge
: Carol J. Loomis, “The $600 Billion Challenge,” 16 Jun. 2010,
www.fortune.cnn.com
.

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Buffett has promised to give
: Warren Buffett, “My Philanthropic Pledge,” 16 Jun. 2010,
www.fortune.cnn.com
.

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And others are starting to join in
: Dakin Campbell and Katya Kazakina, “Broad, Bloomberg Back Buffett Call for Billionaire Donations,” 17 Jun. 2010,
www.bloomberg.com
.

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If The Giving Pledge catches on
: Carol J. Loomis, “The $600 Billion Challenge,” 16 Jun. 2010,
www.fortune.cnn.com
.

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As Frederick Douglass put it
: W. D. Wright,
Racism Matters
(Westport, CT: Praeger, 1998), 178.

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The perfect example of this came in March 1965
: “The Presidents: LBJ,” 1991,
www.pbs.org
.

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LBJ signed the National Voting Rights Act
: E.W. Kenworthy, “Johnson Signs Voting Rights Bill, Orders Immediate Enforcement,” 7 Aug. 1965,
www.nytimes.com
.

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Similarly, before the start of WWII, legendary labor leader A. Philip Randolph
: Jervis Anderson,
A. Philip Randolph: A Biographical Portrait
(Berkeley: University of California Press, 1972), 259.

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former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain
: Josh Fineman and David Mildenberg, “Thain Pushed Out at Bank of America After Merrill Loss Widens,” 22 Jan. 2009,
www.bloomberg.com
.

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Goldman Sachs’s Lloyd “Doing God’s Work” Blankfein
: John Arlidge, “I’m Doing ‘God’s Work.’ Meet Mr. Goldman Sachs,” 8 Nov. 2009,
www.thetimes.co.uk
.

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BP’s Tony “I’d Like My Life Back” Hayward
: Jad Mouawad and Clifford Krauss, “Another Torrent BP Works to Stem: Its CEO,” 3 Jun. 2010,
www.nytimes.com
.

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President Obama has said that we find
: Barack Obama, commencement address at the University of Notre Dame, 17 Mar. 2009,
www.whitehouse.gov
.

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So, as we stand at this inflection point
: Jonas Salk,
The Survival of the Wisest
(Harper & Row, 1973), 20.

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“Few will have the greatness”
: Robert F. Kennedy, “Day of Affirmation Address,” 6 Jun. 1966,
www.jfklibrary.org
.