New Orleans A lawyer for the Southern Poverty Law Center named Jim Knoepp found a way to get my attention when he was quoted in a story about potential employment discrimination between United States workers and immigrant farm labors, saying, “Think of trash collection. That’s not very appealing, either. But if you offer decent wage …
Category: Citizen Wealth
Citizen Wealth, the Movie
Little Rock We’ve talked about “crowd sourcing” as a method of using the power of many to come together collectively to make something happen. Most recently I’ve written about trying a “citizen journalism” project at KABF to put audio-files on-the-air of what people in the listening area believe is community news. Earlier, I’ve written about Ushahidi …
Credit Scores and Healthcare Bills
Little Rock If you have every tried to borrow money from a bank or buy a house, you have been introduced to the strange and terrible world of credit scores that are often key factors not only in whether or not you get the loan or are able to buy the house, but in the …