New Orleans A little more than a year ago my friend Na Hyowoo asked me to come give a lecture on community organizing to some 25 or so students meeting at a community center in Seoul, Korea who were trying to handcraft a free, alternative university education. The students came from all walks of life, …
Month: November 2013
The Emerging Fight to Prevent Institutionalization of Substandard Health Insurance
New Orleans When is health insurance not health insurance? The answer should be simple. In the United States, at this point in time the answer should be that any health insurance offered by a private company that is both unaffordable, meaning that it costs more than 9.5% of someone’s annual income, and doesn’t provide basic …
Going Small versus the Grand on Immigration Reform
New Orleans Sitting in at the California field office of the House majority whip, Angelica Salas, the esteemed, outstanding director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), was informed that the House would not take up the issue of immigration reform before the end of the year, virtually taking the rest of …