San Francisco The papers all over the country today and yesterday were full of good news for Katrina survivors in the vast New Orleans diaspora. One federal judge ruled several days ago that insurance companies could not walk away from all claims for hurricane damage for victims without flood insurance by claiming that there was …
Month: November 2006
Behind from the Beginning
New Orleans There are few things that I read that have the ability to simply shock and startle, but a piece by Paul Tough in the Sunday New York Times called “What it Takes to Make a Student” was simply arresting. The argument in a nutshell is stark: lower income and minority children are disadvantaged virtually …
Minimum Wages Matter
New Orleans We do not screen calls in any of our offices. We are a membership organization and the membership can never think that there is a chance that they would not be allowed to talk to anyone when they are calling. I got a call yesterday out of the blue from Roger Davidson. Roger, as …