Buffalo Richard Lipsitz, the head of the Western New York Area Labor Federation of the AFL-CIO, sits at an interesting cross section. With the call to revive manufacturing he notes that his area may have less manufacturing jobs than it did, but, interestingly, he argues that the overall economy in metropolitan Buffalo has about the …
Category: ACORN
Many Calls for ACORN Resurgence
Atlanta Here’s an argument from a Democratic consultant working campaigns around the world who did some media work for us around 2006 and 2008. Copy of Article Democrats need return to ACORN-style organizing By Matthew McMillan, contributor – 12/12/16 08:00 PM EST In 2008, Barack Obama became America’s first black president and Democrats gained …
Fighting Fake News, One Source at a Time
New Orleans On a soul-killing wait at an airport recently, I found myself mindlessly scrolling Facebook, and I happened to notice that one of my real friends, Christine Allemano, who is also a Facebook friend, had posted an interesting query on her update. She wanted to combat “fake news,” and wondered what her friends read …