New Orleans Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor under President Clinton was quoted in the Sunday New York Times arguing that the candidates should make a larger issue of the housing crises. We have to agree with that 100%! He makes the well-known point that 70% of the wealth of the middle-class voters are tied …
Month: January 2008
Board on Obama
New Orleans The ACORN National Board is perhaps not a perfect barometer on America, but they are rarely too far off of the pulse of the people, at least their people among low and moderate income families. The Executive Board meeting in New Orleans convened a call to assess the positions of the board …
Picture of the year-2007
New Orleans This is my nomination for “picture of the year” for 2007. Just like my hero of the year from Panama, this is a picture of humanity manifesting itself past the structure of expectation and horror, and quite simply it moved me. The photographer was Rina Castelnuovo working for the New York …