Listening without Hearing Langely Park, Maryland Working with national and local groups seeking to advance the cause of comprehensive immigration reform, one of the ideas was to organize “Obama Watch” parties to allow folks to listen Obama’s Inaugural Address to see if they heard more specifics on his frequent campaign promises to advance immigration …
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Dreams Coming True
Dreams Coming True Washington At six in the morning the almost every seat was full on the plane from New Orleans to Washington DC. City Councilwoman Cynthia Willard-Lewis said hello and “Wade, of course you’re going.” Former City Councilman Troy Carter gave a big greeting, and later on the plane was kidding Willard-Lewis about …
Wage-ship Down
Wage-ship Down New Orleans Everywhere you go it’s nothing but stories of doom and gloom. This recession is flat out bad. A report detailed the extensive efforts by companies around the USA in actually lowering wages by 10-15% across the board marking a trend not seen since the Great Depression. Part of the …