Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Frances Fox Piven

Born: October 10, 1932 (age 92)
Bio: Frances Fox Piven is an American professor of political science and sociology at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, where she has taught since 1982.
Known for:
- Regulating the poor (1956)
- Poor people's movements (1977)
- Why Americans Still Don't Vote (1988)