New Orleans Governor Jennifer Granholm made some important history for lower wage workers in Michigan by signing a bill to raise the minimum wage in that state. The Republican controlled legislature had gotten the message — loud and clear — that a signature drive being conducted by ACORN and labor allies was likely to be …
Month: March 2006
Immigrant Protest Eruption
New York The first surprise was the reports from Chicago two weeks ago, where Chicago ACORN had turned out our members and found themselves part of a swelling crowd of nearly 300,000 people on March 10th. As the immigrant criminalization bills continued to advance towards hearings in DC, the protests seemed to gain force. Over …
Cost of Homelessness?
San Francisco It took a long time for me to acquire the New Yorker habit. It was colorless, East Coast, preppie affectation by gawd, and I was having nothing to do with it. Over time things changed. I was buying John McPhee books and loving them, and I could read his stuff there first. …