New Orleans Whether regular politics or the tactics of terrorists, the common message bridging the extremes in this time of exacerbated inequity seems to be the impotence of the elites. They can take care of themselves, but the rest us are somewhere between hamburger meat and dog food. The daily breast-beating of pundits and politicians …
Month: July 2016
Co-Op Leaders in the Bunker, but Feeling the Heat
New Orleans The cover story in this issue of the quarterly journal, Social Policy, laid out the case once again on the lack of diversity and democracy in the rural electric cooperatives in the 12-state southern area. The minimal representation of African-Americans and Hispanics is region-wide despite the huge populations of both of these groups …
HUD Finally Hand Slaps Housing Vultures
Madison The Housing Urban Development (HUD) department needed a weatherman to see which way the wind was blowing, and, finally, years after hurricane level damage has been done to families and communities around the country and amid constant calls from housing advocates, they has finally put some restrictions on private equity and other investors who …