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Bay Area Organizations Appear to be Part of a Secretive Group with a Bizarre Radical Pastnew

Knowledgeable sources say that the Physicians Organizing Committee is one of several Bay Area front groups set up to disguise a strange political cult. Although a representative for the committee denied the link, it has shared personnel with an alleged cult front group and received a grant from a nonprofit linked to the cult.
SF Weekly  |  Matt Smith  |  12-09-2009  |  Politics

Profiles Of Change: President Obama's Call for Citizen Action Is Already Resonatingnew

"Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America," President Barack Obama told US citizens on his Inauguration Day. That rang in the ears of people who changed their lives in response to his call.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Amanda Witherell  |  01-21-2009  |  Politics

Obama's Grassroots Ground Gamenew

Barack Obama's path to the White House is being created out of his experience as a community organizer in Chicago, a nontraditional route to power that harnesses the grassroots, empowers individuals to find their strengths and builds communities around attainable goals.
Shepherd Express  |  Lisa Kaiser  |  06-27-2008  |  Politics

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