Vancouver The first national campaign for ACORN Canada a decade ago had been to reform the payday lending industry. The federal government sidestepped the issue by pushing the primary responsibility for regulation to each individual province. In Quebec, the provincial parliament set a cap on payday lending annual industry rates at 30%, so the industry …
Category: ACORN International
May Day in Memphis, Istanbul, and Bengaluru
New Orleans The first May Day in the United States saw 300,000 people hit the streets in solidarity with the issues of workers. Fast forward to 2014 and there was not a single note in any of the local papers I read daily or the national ones about any notion of May Day even existing …
Jazz Fest Highlights the Contractions of New Orleans
New Orleans The annual Jazz and Heritage Festival or Jazz Fest, as it’s universally known in New Orleans, has become a big time event over the years. I had folks come into town for a board meeting recently and trying to find a place the out-of-towners would like to try, several restaurants had special reservation requirements …