New Orleans I knew it was coming, but I had crossed my fingers and hoped that it would not be so devastating. Unfortunately the numbers are in and minorities especially have taken devastating downturns in their citizen wealth or basic assets during the recession pushing previous progress back a generation. According to a recently released …
Month: July 2011
Nadar is Right on Airlines and Small Claims Courts
New Orleans As part of the meetings between ACORN International organizers in Canada, Mexico, Honduras, and elsewhere our up and coming star organizer with Local 100’s program in Dallas was coming. She had never flown on a plane. She had to get a passport for the first time. We were all wildly excited. She was …
A Corrupt Credit Business Model Travels to Chile and Brazil
New Orleans Cred it card scams are the bad penny perfected in the United States that is turning up now elsewhere in the world. These practices are not the foul play of bad actors as predatory lenders always claim, but intrinsic elements of corrupt, exploitive business models. The economic success stories in Brazil and Chile …