New Orleans The July-August issue of The Atlantic featured an article by Hanna Rosin entitled: “Why Crime is Coming Back — and Why No One Wants to Talk about it.” The article itself is less inflammatory than the headline, but the underlying thesis of the piece probes the question of whether or not tearing …
Category: ACORN
ACORN at 38, Wiley at 35
New Orleans I got a note from a long time ACORN organizer this morning reminding me of a conversation more than 30 years ago in which we were commenting on the uniqueness of ACORN having made it to 4 or 5 or 6 years old or whatever it might have been at that time. …
The Island of Buenos Aires
New Orleans Newscasts and news reports are full of discussion about the twin problems of fuel price increases and food shortages around the globe. Most center on steps being taken in India or Malaysia or elsewhere, but visiting with Ercilia Sahores, ACORN’s Latin American director, before her flight home this weekend underlined how universal …