New Orleans Criminal justice and penal facilities have become hot button issues with demands ranging across the board from restorative justice to abolition to whether constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment are constantly ignored and racial discrimination is systemic. The politics around these issues have become unpredictable and toxic given the competing …
Author: Chief Organizer
An American Pope with Roots in New Orleans
San Francisco Despite falling membership and expensive scandals in many countries, the Catholic Church still matters in many communities, making the selection of a new pope something of interest and importance. In a historically Catholic city, like New Orleans, where memories persist of fish Fridays, Lent denials, Mardi Gras, and ashen foreheads on …
Speaking of Amazon
San Jose What is happening with organizing around Amazon? They’ve slipped down the news cycle even as they race to dominate the world and curry favor with the White House. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals this week rejected yet another Hail Mary pass by Amazon in its continuing effort to delay bargaining by …