Searching for America's Heart by Peter B Edelman

Searching for America's Heart by Peter B Edelman

The New York Times Book Review said that Peter Edelman adheres to a high-minded worldview--and he does not hesitate to emphasize that in the Preface to this new paperback edition of Searching for America's Heart by declaring, I have one voice, but for my part, I will continue to speak what I believe to be the truth.

The truth is--from the time Edelman was a close aide to RFK, to when he resigned from the Clinton Administration in protest over the latter's welfare bill (which ended a sixty year federal commitment to poor children)--poverty continues to be a source of shame to the richest nation on earth. Fueled by a vision of economic justice he shared with Robert Kennedy, related here, he advocates an active federal government in correcting inequities in American life. Based partly on initiatives begun by Kennedy, he advocates government support for school reform and more community-based economic development initiatives.

Peter Edelman is one of those rare beings in public and political life: a man not only with a conscience, but also with a vision, and the eloquence to speak out for the poor--and the children in poverty--among us.

Edelman, Peter: - Peter Edelman is the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law and Public Policy and the faculty director of the Center on Poverty and Inequality at Georgetown University Law Center. He is the author of So Rich, So Poor: Why It's So Hard to End Poverty in America (The New Press). A top advisor to Senator Robert F. Kennedy from 1964 to 1968, he went on to fill various roles in President Bill Clinton's administration, from which he famously resigned in protest after Clinton signed the 1996 welfare reform legislation. He lives in Washington, DC.

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ISBN 13	9780395895443
ISBN 10	0395895448
Title	Searching for America's Heart
Author	Peter B Edelman
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin
Year published	2001-01-22
Number of pages	262
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