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...Politics and activism collided for Stone while he was writing for the New Mexico Review and Legislative Journal, a leftist monthly...
...Though the publication had a relatively small readership, an article that Stone wrote managed to reach one of the most powerful figures in Washington: George S. McGovern, the Democratic senator from South Dakota who had chaired the party’s commission to reform the primary process...
...native of Chicago’s north side, Stone has been involved in social activism since his college days at Miami University of Ohio. In fact, back when he had long, flowing hair, Stone was a passionate anti-war activist who turned down lucrative offers following law school at George Washington University in order to pursue a career of service...
...blown away that the guy who would eventually make a run for president had read my work,” said Stone, who began his Washington career as a legal counsel to McGovern, after the senator lost the presidential election to Richard Nixon in 1972. While working for McGovern, Stone became a proactive advocate for combating hunger and poverty...
...When I was working for McGovern, I had a chance to write legislation for poor kids,” Stone said. “Who wouldn’t want to do that...