The Progressive Mind and Poverty: A Wisconsin Case

(October 28) – Russ Feingold ’s life in government was interrupted in 2010, and apparently the Wisconsin Democrat didn’t use his eviction into the real economy to learn anything about its virtues. This week Mr. Feingold—now bidding to reclaim the Senate seat he lost to Ron Johnson —even denigrated a private antipoverty partnership because of insufficient central planning and government control. The Joseph Project is a faith-based job-training clinic put on by the Greater Praise Church of God in Christ with the help of Mr. Johnson and his staff. Students—mostly black residents of all ages on Milwaukee’s impoverished north side—are taught “soft skills,” like how to interview.