Big business, for all its lobbying, is often put in line by investigative reporting, public scandals and multi-million-dollar judgments in court against those who put products on the market that are dangerous to their buyers.

While working as a drummer Crouch conducted the booking for an avant-garde jazz series at the club as well as organizing occasional concert events at the Ladies' Fort. In the 1990s he upset many political thinkers when he declared himself a "radical pragmatist". In 2005 he was selected as one of the inaugural fellows by the Fletcher Foundation which awards annual fellowships to people working on issues of race and civil rights.