New Orleans For working families payday loans pretty much define predatory lending. A family desperate for money takes a loan against their next paycheck. In years of campaigns ACORN Canada has won increased regulation of such loans in a number of provinces. The story in the United States where financial institutions of all sizes and …
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Kentucky’s Big Sandy Coal Fired Power Plant Brings Memories of Arkansas White Bluff Fight
New Orleans A picture in the Times of “Big Sandy,” the 1100 megawatt coal-fired power plant in Eastern Kentucky being shutdown finally over the next three years by the giant utility company, American Electric Power, brought back memories of a great fight 40 years ago in and around Pine Bluff, Arkansas where what is now …
Walmart, the “Creative Corrupter” in Mexico
New Orleans Let’s not mince words here. The detailed review of Walmart’s activity in Mexico in the New York Times is a picture of a criminal conspiracy of a rare order and a culture in total control recognizing no laws or morality in its quest for commercial dominance. The Times’s examination reveals that Wal-Mart de …