New Twists for Mardi Gras

Ideas and Issues

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 …

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The Poor Need Cash

ACORN ACORN International

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 …

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