Obamacare Numbers Rising Despite Fierce Opposition

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New Orleans   More than one-million people enrolled under the Affordable Care Act during January bringing the numbers up to 3.3 million in so far with two months to go.  Despite the disastrous start last fall, the numbers are now averaging 75% of original predictions.             In the heavily contested states like Texas and Louisiana, where …

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Academic Proof Finally that More Diversity Equals More Community

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New Orleans     On the streets in lower income and working communities, a generation of community organizers has argued that, everything being equal, our gumbo neighborhoods of mixed and matched families, races, and ethnicities in fact work, and work well, when people are able to organize together and act collectively.   The academic community has not been very …

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UAW Breaking Through in Transplants in Chattanooga

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New Orleans   The Volkswagen company filed with the National Labor Relations Board to conduct a quick election among its 1600 workers in Chattanooga to determine whether or not the United Automobile Workers (UAW) should represent workers at the plant.  The UAW has confidently indicated that it has majority support among the workers based on the …

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