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Van Jones is one busy man. Based in Oakland, CA, the civil rights and environmental activist has been working tirelessly for the last decade and a half – first as the co-founder of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, then Color of Change – two social justice organizations striving to give positive alternatives and a political voice to vulnerable communities.

Again, we don't object to a bailout as such. But what we do object to is the fact that banks and corporations are being given special rights and given the kind of treatment that none of us ever get. And as Van Jones asks, what about a green bailo

Must-Read New Book on America’s Green-Collar Economic Revolution by Stacy Feldman - Oct 6th, 2008 Anyone interested in a solution to the triple challenges of oil dependence, global warming and the sagging economy has to read this new book by Van Jones on how (and why) we should birth a green-collar economic revolution in America.

You might have noticed that there’s an ad on the top far right side of the JJP site promoting JJP guest blogger Van Jones‘ new book Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems. It’s available in bookstores and online tomorrow.

The nation's energy woes are worsening, with carbon piling up in the atmosphere at an unprecedented rate, fuel prices soaring, and residents of some Southeast cities unable to find any gas at all due to post-hurricane refinery disruptions.

Lovefest 2008 Lovefest Late Night Rundown Check out all of these amazing late night shows in San Francisco following Lovefest 2008.  There are over 10 late night DJ events after Lovefest 2008 this year.

The Angry Kids are a band of superheroes. ry2K recruited, and subsequently took the rag-tag team and trained them. He taught them to use the superhuman gifts given to them by God. He taught them to believe in themselves. He taught them to believe in one another, and he taught them to believe in the power of music.

In his new book to be released next week, Van Jones lays out a sensible roadmap to solve our long-term economic problems. How? By making sustainability the centerpiece of a national renewal. And, if we justify spending hundreds of billions on an economic solution no one completely understands, why

The economic crisis currently facing the nation has caused a flurry of political action.  From McCain “suspending” his campaign to massive bailouts, the response has been immediate and serious.   Even though the $700 billion bailout for Wall Street was rejected by the House of Representatives, which

Media Records UK’s 1000th Catalogue release! To celebrate the first summer of releasing that Big In Ibiza sound, and parent company, Media Records, 1000th release (An accomplishment worth celebrating by any standards!) the new Big In Ibiza imprint from the same team behind UMM (Underground Music Movement) present their scorching new summer compilation, Ibiza Anthems 2008.