New Orleans Maybe this is a bit better Labor Day for American workers than the last several. We do have some things that have broken our way. The minimum wage has finally gone up from $5.15 to $5.85 and stands to keep rising for the next couple of years. Good news! A …
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Non-Profit Payday Loans
New Orleans We have been fighting payday loans hammer and tong for years now, particularly under the leadership of ACORN Canada, but increasingly in the USA as well. The problem for our lower-income constituency defines the nature of what it means to have a predatory product. There is nothing good about a payday loan, …
Loose Ends from Latin America
New Orleans Still going back and forth between my new “worthless” computer and my old “damaged” computer and trying to synchronize all of the files and information as the ever faithful ACORN tech department pulls the pieces together. None to happy about it, but in doing so it reminds me of tidbits from the …