New Orleans Driving back from a union bargaining session at the NASA Michoud facility I just missed a call from a 207 area code. Returning the call, it was a pleasant surprise to find the caller was none other than Nicholas von Hoffman, who is somewhat known to people now for his journalistic and broadcasting …
Category: ACORN
Obama Alienation and Fatigue
Newark Slushy snow was coming down as we hit the Unitarian Church in Montclair and my host, John Atlas wasn’t sure there would be anyone but us there to talk about Citizen Wealth, ACORN, and the state of the country today this afternoon. The event, jointly sponsored by Shelterforce magazine and Blue Wave New Jersey, …
Honduras, Bill White and Home Care Support
New York City Running around New York trying to catch up with the city, a couple of things bare comment. Talking to Steve Early, the “embedded” labor activist about his new book, he asked me about the expansion of home health care organizing and whether there was an upside. It was an excellent question, and I …