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Van Jones

Muckety metrics:

Connections: Van Jones has direct or once-removed relationships with 72 people, organizations or other entities in our database of the most influential people in America. Under a scoring system that gives more weight to direct links, this score is higher than 76% of all entries.

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Muckety connection score: 76

Influence: Jones has a Muckety influence index of 78 out of 100. This is a measure of power and reach compared with others in the U.S. leadership elite.

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Muckety influence score: 78

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Van Jones

Areas of interest:

nonprofits

media

politics & government

Personal social network: Much of Jones's Muckety comes from nonprofit connections.

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Muckety news stories featuring Van Jones

White House adviser Van Jones responds to critics

Conservatives and the Internet have turned up the the heat on White House adviser Van Jones.

September 4, 2009

Other current Van Jones relationships:

Demos - trustee

Ella Baker Center for Human Rights - co-founder

Green for All - founder

Van Jones past relationships:

Apollo Alliance - director

Glenn Beck - critic

ColorOfChange.org - co-founder

White House Council on Environmental Quality - special adviser for green jobs

Extended reach:

Among the most influential people in Van Jones's web of second-degree relationships:

Adele S. Simmons

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Books:

· The Green Collar Economy

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New Yorker

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