New Orleans A piece in the New York Times on Saturday by Ian Urbina was totally confusing. The headline said: “ACORN Says It Continues Its Work.” The story indicated a “letter,” or whatever you call an email that looks like a letter, was going out to everyone on the email list and all of us …
Category: ACORN
The Future Question on ACORN’s Demise
New Orleans In the host of commentary on the announcement by ACORN’s national management that the organization is closing its doors tomorrow, there have been two voices that have stood out particularly in my mind, because they ask the critical question about the future for the low and moderate income members and constituency that was …
Slum Population Increasing
New Orleans Annual report on the “State of the World’s Cities 2010/2011” from the United Nations – Habitat office in Nairobi is not a cheerful bunch of news. The headline grabber is that slum dwellers increased by another 51,000,000 over the last decade in the face of tons of press releases, conferences, and even sometimes …