You really have to start watching Now on PBS. Constance Rice is going to be a regular contributor. Sister is direct and correct.

Rice is a co-founder of The Advancement Project, a public policy and legal action group that supports organizations working to end community problems and address racial, class and other barriers to opportunity.

More from Constance Rice:

• Commentaries by Constance Rice on THE TAVIS SMILEY SHOW
• The Advancement Project
• View Constance Rice's 2004 appearance on NOW.

Articles referred to in the February 2005 discussion:

• "The New Deal: How Just a Handful of Setbacks Sent the Ryans Tumbling Out of Prosperity," Peter G. Gosselin, LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 30, 2004
• "The New Deal: The Poor Have More Things Today -- Including Wild Income Swings," Peter G. Gosselin, LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 12, 2004