Word: ehrenreich
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Ehrenreich contends that debate over involvement in politics has not been that important at PBHA, anyway. "None of these issues played a large role in the PBHA elections," she wrote...
...PBHA cabinet's recent opposition to Prop 1-2-3, a Cambridge ballot initiative that would weaken the city's system of rent control, is a classic example of the ambiguous political implications of opposing social problems. Ehrenreich defended the move by saying that "the proposition would severely hurt the populations our programs are trying to serve...
...even if electoral endorsements were made only rarely, as Ehrenreich suggests they would be, the threat of turning off potential or current supporters is still very real. The flurry of letters that The Crimson received from irate PBHA supporters in the wake of the Prop 1-2-3 endorsement testifies to that...
...Ehrenreich says PBHA will make up for the loss by gaining "respect." Wrong. Respect--and moral authority--are accorded to those humanitarian organizations which remain scrupulously apolitical, such as Amnesty International and the American Red Cross...
...EHRENREICH'S argues that PBHA should become more political because "poverty is wrong," and "that is a fundamentally political observation...