New Orleans This is a preview of coming attractions. In the next few weeks Social Policy, the quarterly magazine of opinion and information, will publish its first volume under its own imprint. This book is a collection of essays compiled by the long experienced organizer from Virginia and Kentucky, Joe Szakos and his wife, …
Month: January 2008
Citiies Stepping it Up
New Orleans Mayors are stepping into the foreclosure fight because they are saying the same thing as ACORN members: foreclosures hurt our communities! Perhaps the best example of cities stepping forward might be found in the Twin Cities. At ACORN’s urging the Minneapolis City Council in recent weeks passed a resolution asking for …
Mom, Manning and Drew
New Orleans As hard as it is to imagine Drew, Mississippi, in the heart of the River delta at the core of Sunflower County only eight miles away from the notorious Parchman Prison, has had its moments in the sun recently. A couple of years ago there was a story about dying small …