New York City In the fall of 2007 a delegation of labor and community organizers with the Organizers’ Forum (www.organizersforum.org) visited with organizers doing similar work in Moscow and St. Petersburg. One of the more moving meetings we had was with a young, passionate and spirited mother, who told the story of moving with her …
Month: April 2011
Money Giving Charters a Leg Up on Public Schools
New Orleans Ideologues with chips on their shoulders about the nation’s public school systems seem committed to doing everything possible to make sure there’s no level playing field to allow comparison of charter school performance as opposed to regular school district performances. Reading the hometown paper in New Orleans, there was an item a week …
Glenn Beck Going Down
New Orleans We have finally reached bottom. I heard the splash, so we can measure exactly how far it is from normal to wacko crazy at Fox News finally when Glenn Beck and his maddening fantasy and conspiracy tour turned out to be even too much for Fox to handle. Turns out according to the …