New Orleans Election Day of 2010 ACORN in the United States closed its doors, but the ACORN brand still burns hot and true as the rightwing whacko witch hunt continues unabated. Coming into another election season where not only voter suppression but wholesale attacks on anything remotely progressive are likely to be on the menu …
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John Lewis and the New Fight for Voting Rights
Houston The lion in winter is still a lion, and John Lewis, a beacon for the civil rights movement in the 1960’s and now a longstanding Congressman from Atlanta, roared in the halls of Congress the other night about voting rights once again. The simple issue that pushed his button was the hater amendment from another …
Banks Charging through Loopholes to Rip Off the Poor!
New Orleans Every time we think we might be surprised at the avarice of major financial institutions, we are reminded that in the real world, there are no limits either to greed or the willingness for banks to rip off anyone available including preying on desperate, poor families. More sickening evidence was available in a …