The Hawkers Dilemma in India

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https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CN07172020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans     India has now edged up to 2nd or 3rd behind the United States in the number of coronavirus cases.  With over a billion population, teeming cities with overcrowded slums, and tens of millions without access to sanitation facilities, a cough can be a healthcare …

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Trump Team Greenlights Predatory Payday Lending

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https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CN07082020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans      We can count the days until we pray that’s it is over, but until then the drumbeat of woe is bound to continue.  The gutted Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proved that it really might need a name change as it announced the shelving of …

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New Communities and Community Land Trusts

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https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CN07012020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsGreenville       Reading in Harper’s about New Communities farming land trust in Georgia celebrating the 50th anniversary since its founding, my memory is playing tricks on me.  I keep thinking that I met Charles Sherrod or at least was in a meeting at the same time with him, …

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