Born amidst the quaint craggy rocks of the Maine coast, Jacob has led a relatively sheltered life, skipping from one warm, loving cocoon to another. He recently volunteered in Virginia for the Obama campaign and is a recent graduate trustee at Bennington College— the most recent cocoon. He enjoys the feeling of a job well done, and of salty spray. A stubborn idealist, book, bike and tree enthusiast, and listener, Jacob is fumbling his way to enlightenment and having a damn good time.
Jacob Perkins explores alternative solutions to our economic trouble including making education free.
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Jacob Perkins Interview's Social Activist Van Jones about socioeconomic inequalities in the environmentalist movement, and his role consulting the new administration's transition team.
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Jacob Perkins discusses the implications of an online presidency @ Change.gov, the Obama administration's official transition Web site. Read more …
Jacob Perkins finds that his past life with Phish has much more in common with his present life on the Obama campaign than he would have ever imagined. Read more …
Full-time Obama volunteer Jacob Perkins updates us on the campaign in VA and the database Vote Builder.
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Jacob Perkins explores how Obama and McCain use network technology in their presidential campaigns and breaks down their respective technology platforms.
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