New Orleans About the only global response to rural poverty, where millions are living on less than $1.25 per day, has been where the poor have voted with their feet and migrated to urban areas, often finding themselves in similar impoverishment. Some small hope is breaking through the hardscrabble though in a study by the …
Category: ACORN International
The “Venmo Line” and Moving Cash More Cheaply
New Orleans We are making progress on our Remittance Justice Campaign. A federal bill has now been introduced in Canada to cap fees and other costs at 5%. Provincial bills have now been introduced in British Columbia and Ontario. Reports from Honduras indicated that there is movement in Tegucigalpa at capping the fees finally. A …
Chants, Swag, Cookies, and Raps for ACORN
Pittsburgh When people who care about something get together in an organization that they also care about, stand back and admire the creativity that starts to blossom. Of course there’s always ACORN swag which is almost a cottage industry in itself. There can’t be an ACORN convention without a convention t-shirt. I’m pretty sure that’s …