The Cynicism of Emergency Aid for Puerto Rico

Ideas and Issues

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CN01162020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNewark    There seem to be no limits to the vengeful pettiness of President Trump and his administration.  Nowhere is that clearer than looking at the deliberate obstacles placed in the way of Puerto Rico’s recovery – or lack of it – from Hurricane Maria in 2017 or …

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“Power and Respect for the Working Class”

Ideas and Issues

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CN01152020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans   I’m sorry, but whenever there’s a subhead in the Wall Street Journal in bold, italics heralding “Power and Respect for the Working Class,” it’s a signal that we have to pay special attention to what the professor might be saying.  This one turned out to …

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No Cure for Football Fever

Ideas and Issues

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CN0142020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans     My football career is long over and gone.  I’m not going to pretend that I didn’t love the game.  Truth to tell, I did.  I’m not going to lie and say that it wasn’t dangerous.  It was.  It is.  I know.  I was hurt, …

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