faith-based initiative
Congrats, Cortes!
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2005One of Generation Xcel’s primary funders the past two years has been the federal Compassion Capital Fund via Nueva Esperanza, a financial intermediary run by Rev. Luis Cortes of Philadelphia. Today’s New York Times profiles Esperanza in “Hispanic Group Thrives on Faith and Federal Aid”: “Although a national study of the compassion fund is still [...]
Where’s the Faith in the Faith-Based Initiative?
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2005Beliefnet is hosting an interesting discussion on the promise and disappointments of President Bush’s faith-based initiative. The article that started the controversy by ex-Bush aide David Kuo Responses: Marvin Olasky; White House Ron Sider: Bush’s real poverty scorecard