There should be a moral principle there that says, let's green the ghetto first. Let's go to those communities where they have the least ability to pay for that retrofit and make sure they get that help, make sure they get that support. And give the young people standing on those corners the opportunity to put down those handguns and pick up some caulking guns and be a part of the solution.

His first book The Green Collar Economy was released on October 7 2008 and reached number 12 on the New York Times Best Seller list. and moved to San Francisco instead. C.

Jones also holds a joint appointment at Princeton University as a distinguiVan Jonesd visiting fellow in both the Center for African American Studies and in the Program in Science Technology and Environmental Policy at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. For these issues Van Jones was heavily criticized by conservatives. " In 2011 he founded Rebuild the Dream a national advocacy organization working towards a fairer economy.