One wrote a manifesto called Rules for Radicals. The other wrote titles such as Seven Pillars of Peace, The Divine Romance and Freedom Under God. Both were natives of Illinois. Both shaped generations ...

The late activist is back in the headlines thanks to Ben Carson Saul Alinsky graced headlines on Wednesday, after retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson named him as one of Hillary Clinton’s mentors and ...

If Saul Alinsky weren’t already dead, he’d die to get a piece of Newt Gingrich. The one kind of man Alinsky had no use for was a bully. The Dough Boy of GOP reaction has apparently decided he can win ...

Though he’s not exactly a household name, Saul Alinsky has come to have a defining influence on the politics of our time. The founder of modern community organizing and the author of the hugely ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some people know all about Saul Alinsky, but I would bet the vast majority of our population, including those who vote, have heard ...

In an Ideas piece, Ben Joravsky says Saul Alinsky lives in the hearts and souls of young right-wing activists like James O'Keefe. | AP photo composite by POLITICO When I came to Chicago in 1981, Saul ...

Ben Carson’s RNC speech was mostly uneventful: It was, for someone who is not exactly the most disciplined speaker, blissfully short, though it was also very Ben Carson-y, which is to say that it was ...

Although Saul Alinsky, the founding father of modern community organizing in the United States, passed away in 1972, he is still invoked by the right as a dangerous harbinger of looming insurrection.

On the night of his triumph in South Carolina, Newt Gingrich boldly announced: “The centerpiece of this campaign, I believe, is American exceptionalism versus the radicalism of Saul Alinsky.” Barack ...

Rules for Radicals is best known as the handbook for anyone who wants to understand the techniques used by successful community organizers from the time of its author, Saul Alinsky, to President ...

Newt Gingrich has adopted the late organizer as a punching bag, but he and Alinsky share a view of America and reverence for the Founding Fathers. In his victory speech the night of the South Carolina ...

Ben Carson delivered animated remarks about Hillary Clinton at the GOP Convention on Tuesday night, dropping a name that has become a lightning rod for Republicans: Saul Alinsky. Subscribe to read ...