New Orleans Language is interesting as a key to understanding obviously. I found myself thinking about that in looking at the way some unions and NGO’s refer to their ventures away from their home countries as “missions.” I was uneasy at the notion. I’ve always referred to such visits as explorations, which seems better, but …
Month: April 2015
Philadelphia is ‘Very Angry’ with Comcast
New Orleans Just to be clear. It’s not just me, ACORN International, Local 100 United Labor Unions, and the Arkansas Community Organizations who are ripping mad at Comcast for high rates, bad service, and making a cruel joke out of the “internet essentials” program rather than using it to help lower income families crawl …
The Fine Line Between Insurrection and Riot in Baltimore
New Orleans Can we even keep count of the places that police have proven recently that they are out of control in recent months and targeting lower income and African-American communities in our cities? Certainly there is Ferguson, Missouri, New York City, North Charleston, South Carolina, and now Baltimore, but that list is not exhaustive. …