New Orleans Last evening I was being interviewed by Diego Mulligan for his talk and comment show on KSFR in Santa Fe, New Mexico about Citizen Wealth. He raised the point about a news report that $30 billion went out in bonuses to executives and traders at nine of the banks that received gazillions [...]
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New Orleans While I was being interviewed by Peter Collins, the former Air America host (www.peterbcollins.com ) for a radio podcast a little after 6 PM, I began getting instant messages that somehow Glenn Beck was airing an “exclusive interview” with me. No way! I had to focus so wasn’t able to click on the [...] New York Let’s tell the truth, ok? After two straight hours of grilling under the Fox News klieg lights with the cameras rolling, I felt at least cooked to medium well and parched. The whole experience was physically grueling. Intense seems almost a lame word to describe the session. The only comparables that leapt into [...] New York It was a different way to come into the big city. Beulah Laboistrie, a senior ACORN leader in New Orleans over the last more than 30 years, and I were bumped up to 1st class to LaGuardia. A driver was waiting for us downstairs with our names on a sign to take [...] New Orleans In New Orleans we have seen the future of schools under a district-wide “choice” system and a charter school dominated program, and it is blatantly undemocratic and unaccountable. That’s bad news. Add to that the fact that the schools don’t perform better either by most measures, and we are talking about a [...] Houston Working the Citizen Wealth has been fascinating for me in both New Orleans and Houston for lots of reasons, but especially as a “listening post” when the discussion moves to the question part of the agenda whether at the events or on the radio shows. One theme has emerged more than any other: [...] Houston Janet Napolitano, director of Homeland Security is on Maher’s HBO show and being interviewed tonight. Maher needs to stop shoveling softballs and ask Napolitano why she is allowing the untrammeled abuses of Sheriff Arpaio in Phoenix to continue unabated. Do something with me. Hit these links to build some heat on Maher to [...] This is a blog being written while the Fox News Documentary cameras are hovering literally a couple of feet away. They are shooting B-roll and coming to the author event at Octavia Books tonight for Citizen Wealth: Winning the Campaign to Save Working Families. When I polled friends, family, and readers of the Chief Organizer [...] |
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