Needing Another Gulf Coast Coal Terminal Like a Hole in the Head

Ideas and Issues

New Orleans        Recently meeting with environmental organizers and researchers at an annual strategy conference in New York City, I heard one report after another about proposed coal terminals on the West Coast that were being abandoned as demand from China decreases and its own growing environmental awareness around climate increases.  The prospects for coal fired …

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How Can Shaming Be A Solution?

Education

New Orleans               The teaching and testing travesty in Atlanta has been a bitter indictment of almost everything that is off the rails in the US educational system.  When mandatory testing becomes the only measurement of teaching and educational standards, and the testing itself is seen as biased, unfair, and unjust, the temptation for administrators …

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Narrow Networks Prove Price, not Choice, Rules Healthcare Decisions

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Health Care

New Orleans          It’s becoming increasingly obvious that deep down without being willing to admit it, Americans are voting with their feet on the issue of health care and the tally is showing that their real preference would probably be the British National Health Service.  Now, there’s no likelihood of that happening of course but narrow …

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