New Orleans There is little question that the conservatives are coming after unions, even while they make the outrageous claim that they are now the workers’ party in the wake of the recent election. Since the Wisconsin counterrevolution when the right was successful in eliminating union shop for public employees, the drums have been beating …
Month: December 2016
Not the Doctor to Fix America’s Housing and Urban Issues
New Orleans It is hard to escape the feeling that the only reason that President-elect Trump is preparing to recommend Dr. Ben Carson as Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is because he is an African-American, and that somehow aligns with Trump’s view of those parts of urban America where he …
Bottom Feeders, Home Dreamers, and Big Time Realty Schemers
Chicago When neighborhoods are wracked by foreclosures and the abandonment that accompanied the 2008 Great Recession and financial chicanery that popped the real estate bubble, significant studies have documented the loss in value experienced not only by houses on the block, but also houses within a mile away that also lose value. Put enough abandonment …