New Orleans There’s no question that there is a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” situation now faced by activists on the immigration reform push. No reform seems possible today through Congress, so some continue to put all of their hopes and dreams on President Obama’s “pen and voice,” as he has referred …
Month: August 2014
Rethinking Training for Teachers, Doctors, and Even Organizers
New Orleans The old saw that went something like, “those that can, do; and those that can’t, teach,” is getting a beating about the face and arms now, as serious thinkers – and practitioners – in multiple fields are thoroughly beating down both the “nature versus nurture” mythology of the argument, as well as heavily …
Nature Conservancy, Climate Change, and Heading for the Hills
New Orleans Naomi Klein, the author, reporter and documentarian from Canada, busted the Nature Conservancy and its corporate captivity with an early leak from a coming book revealing that they were more than willing to break their “no drilling” pledge on lands they hold in Texas in order to collect millions in royalties from oil …