LOSING OUR WAY Bob Herbert was the one guy who always got it right. In the depths of the Great Recession, he wrote passionately, provocatively and persuasively about what was happening to jobless Americans. As the political elites turned their backs on the jobs crisis – been there, done that -- his columns in the New York Times inspired those of us pushing for a more activist response to the jobs crisis. His prose became the poetry of our fight. Now Bob Herbert has written “Losing Our Way, An Intimate Portrait of a Troubled America.” Knowing his work as a Times columnist, it should be a must-read for those who want to understand where we are as a Nation and where we need to be. “Losing Our Way”, one reviewer wrote, “is a brave call to action – not simply to put people back to work, but also to link that work to the necessary interests of an egalitarian society. This means investing in what we’ve catastrophically undervalued: our bridges and highways and tunnels, our public schools, our fellow citizens … The shortsighted policies and unchecked greed that have resulted in the abandonment of the poor are now destroying the middle class, and Herbert remains willing to state, very clearly, what he sees.” Rick Sloan UCubed
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:48:14 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015