New Orleans Way back in the New York Times business section in sort of a snarky article by a ProPublica report (a nonprofit NYT outsourcer) a dangerous curtain was raised on the supposedly tough negotiations between the state attorneys general and the big banks about mortgage loan modifications. Seems on an okey-doke, wink-and-a-nod, the deal …
Author: wade
Mounting Casualties of Total War on Poor and Low Wage Workers
New Orleans In wars, if we are able and willing to endure the pain and sorrow, we can read the casualty count, virtually on a daily basis of dead and injured. As the war drags on, as we now see in Iraq and Afghanistan, the item gets smaller and moves to the back of the …
Japan and Katrina Call for Better Search-Survival Systems
New Orleans It is heartbreaking to read everywhere about families looking for relatives and friends in northern Japan. An organizer in our office tells about her mother, a native of an area south of Tokyo, who is distraught trying to locate sisters and cousins who might have been working or travelling in the area. It …