Detroit The panel organized by the Detroit School at the University of Michigan – Dearborn had an ominous title: “Post Crisis Housing Markets and Housing Insecurity.” In Detroit, not unlike so many other cities around the world now, when you couple “Post Crisis” and “Housing” in the same phrase you are definitely either very hopeful …
Month: November 2018
Nice Surprises in the City of Milwaukee
Milwaukee Before taking my traveling road show from Madison to Milwaukee, I spent some time in the ACORN archives that are part of the Social Change Collection of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Perhaps four years ago, WHS archivists had picked up another 35 cartons of material from our hall in Baton Rouge where we were …
Our Wisconsin Revolution is a Different Twist with a Great Future
Madison Frankly, the Bernie Sanders campaign’s successor organization, Our Revolution, has been confusing to me. In the immediate aftermath of the 2016 election, its maiden voyage seemed covered with the controversy of staff hiring and firing with counterclaims roiling the organization over who and what was best able to carry forward the Sanders’ vision and …