New Orleans When the archly conservative National Journal asks whether the Obama Administration is preparing to play hardball with Florida over $1 billion in Medicaid funding that is set to expire later this year for “disproportionate share,” the heart quickens as people, meaning most rational and sentient beings, committed to better health care for all, …
Category: Financial Justice
The Political Issue of Traffic Cameras
New Orleans No matter whether you care who is the mayor of Chicago or not, and believe me it is a factor in an important and hot contest between incumbent and former chief of staff for both Clinton and Obama, Rahm Emmanuel, and challenger Cook County Commissioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia carrying the flag for progressives …
Smaller Units, Common Spaces, Affordable Land, and Housing
New Orleans Recently we had one of those magical moments of organizational synergy when a new member working at the Gulf Coast head start facilities where we have a contract, signed up with Local 100 and her address indicated that she lived on Texas ACORN Street. We were excited because those streets in ACORN Glen, …