New Orleans The conservative weekly news magazine from the United Kingdom, The Economist, publishes a “Pocket World in Figures,” ranking countries across the globe in areas large and small. Celebrating the US Declaration of Independence and our oft repeated claim by politicians that the United States is the “greatest country on earth,” it seemed like …
Month: July 2015
Has the Tenderloin Built a Poison Pill Against Gentrification?
New Orleans While in the Bay Area I made a point of dropping by to visit with Randy Shaw, the longtime director of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, the neighborhood filled with SRO hotels, union offices, bars, and whatever within blocks of City Hall, the Opera, and other civic monuments. Shaw had recently published a book …
Buzz for Bernie on the Left Coast
San Francisco I’m not totally shocked, but I didn’t see all of this coming. Meeting with random associates, comrades, and friends from diverse fields and directions, everyone on the Left Coast is buzzing about Bernie Sanders and his race for President. Running a union, there’s no way to miss the fact that several thousand union …