Steve Valk

Steve Valk left his job of 31 years at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on May 29. His last position there was Sunday Metro Section editor. He has also volunteered for more than 20 years with RESULTS, an advocacy group working to end poverty. He's building a new career dedicated to creating a more just, equitable, sustainable and peaceful world. His articles also appear on Open Salon at http://open.salon.com/blog/steve_valk
Number of posts: 2
Email address: valkano@comcast.net

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What I needed to learn to change the world

by Steve Valk | 4, Add your Comment | Jun 21 09

This Tuesday will find me on Capitol Hill once again, talking to members of Congress or their aides about what we can do to end extreme poverty in our world. I’ve been doing this nearly every summer since the 1980s as a volunteer with RESULTS, a little-known but highly effective advocacy organization. Many might see my quest as an exercise in futility and me a latter-day Don Quixote tilting at windmills. But I know better. I first got involved with RESULTS at a time in my life when I was an angry young man who was on his way to becoming an ...

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Fireworks ahead on IMF funding?

by Steve Valk | 0, Add your Comment | Jun 9 09

Funding for the International Monetary Fund, which the Obama administration wants included in the supplemental spending bill for Iraq and Afghanistan, is looking like an extreme long shot at this point. If Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) – a.k.a. the “conscience of the House” – is any kind of bellwether, the odds for IMF funding are very long, indeed. Lewis was one of 51 anti-war Democrats who voted against the supplemental bill last month. With most Republicans supporting the bill, however, it passed overwhelmingly. But that was before the Senate passed a version of the spending bill that allows the IMF to extend ...

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