New Orleans In a generic way “canvassing” is a big methodological bucket that holds everything from doorknocking to GOTV election efforts to “chugging” or charity mugging, as it’s called in the United Kingdom to door-to-door cause-based fundraising to support various organizations and issues. Canvassing is part of the nuts and bolts of many organizing efforts …
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Transparency – Who Are We Kidding!
New Orleans If we ever needed another reminder that the notion of being “transparent,” is little more than the name of an Amazon television show, the so-called Panama Papers are just the latest example in a pantheon running directly from WikiLeaks to Edward Snowden and now a huge data drop from a secretive Panamanian …
Why is it so Hard for Policy Makers to Separate Access from Affordability?
New Orleans Life, work, and the world are full of mysteries, but after years of hitting my head against various walls, I’m finally connecting the dots in trying to understand the peculiar responses we sometimes get in trying to change public policies and private pricing strategies. Remittances are a prime example. Talking last week to …