New Orleans The meetings get larger, but the results do not seem to change. The long delayed meeting between Local 100 United Labor Unions, Arkansas Community Organizations, and representatives of Comcast finally occurred in Little Rock late this week with regional vice-presidents from Michigan and the Arkansas area. It was another “dog-and-pony” show without any significant …
Month: February 2012
Voter Suppression in Canada
New Orleans When my friends in Canada compare their politics to the great southland of the United States, I know there’s no compliment coming at the back end of the sentence. When friends started sending me emails from the great north that said, “robo-calls, voter suppression, sounds like…,” I knew that “USA” filled in that …
Anti-Immigrant Attacks on CASA de Maryland Way Off Mark
New Orleans Reading the playbook, we are currently seeing the rightwing equivalent of a “Hail Mary” pass in their desperate attempt to somehow smear CASA de Maryland, one the largest and most effective state-based immigrant rights advocates in the country. Although it is no doubt an expensive distraction for CASA, it important to see that …