Little Rock Do you have any free time over the next eighteen months? If you do, how about joining the cool kids? Just drop everything and run for President, OK? And, why not? Everyone else is! We got some good news recently. It was not about new candidates coming into the race, it was about …
Month: March 2019
New Twists for Mardi Gras
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Pistol-Annies-01-Best-Years-Of-My-Life-200012144.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans The song goes, “have you ever been to Mardi Gras,” and I can honestly say, “been there, done that!” I’m somewhere between Carnival-skeptic and agnostic. Historically, the city can’t live with it and can’t live without it. There’s almost nothing about its mainline history …
The Poor Need Cash
New Orleans Other countries are increasingly getting the message: the poor need cash. It’s not enough in the lowest income categories to stake a claim on education, training, or jobs, especially low paying jobs inadequate to support families. Africa’s Tanzania’s welfare scheme is called the Productive Social Safety Net and provides at about $13 …