New Orleans Governor Jennifer Granholm made some important history for lower wage workers in Michigan by signing a bill to raise the minimum wage in that state. The Republican controlled legislature had gotten the message — loud and clear — that a signature drive being conducted by ACORN and labor allies was likely to be …
Author: wade
Immigrant Protest Eruption
New York The first surprise was the reports from Chicago two weeks ago, where Chicago ACORN had turned out our members and found themselves part of a swelling crowd of nearly 300,000 people on March 10th. As the immigrant criminalization bills continued to advance towards hearings in DC, the protests seemed to gain force. Over …
Cost of Homelessness?
San Francisco It took a long time for me to acquire the New Yorker habit. It was colorless, East Coast, preppie affectation by gawd, and I was having nothing to do with it. Over time things changed. I was buying John McPhee books and loving them, and I could read his stuff there first. …