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Searching for America's Heart: RFK and the Renewal of Hope - Softcover

Edelman, Peter

 
9780878409099: Searching for America's Heart: RFK and the Renewal of Hope
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0878409092 ISBN 13: 9780878409099
Publisher: Georgetown University Press, 2003

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Peter Edelman is a professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center, and married to Marian Wright Edelman, president and founder of the Children's Defense Fund.

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Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0878409092
ISBN 13 
9780878409099
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
288