Memphis It’s interesting to watch the Washington two-step ignited by Senator Elizabeth Warren’s pushback against outside groups trying to mobilize against her progressive advocacy and the by catch of other fish squirming in her net. To refresh your memory when the Third Way, a group of more conservative sometime Democrats, pushed against her more populist …
Category: Financial Justice
What Went Wrong with Memphis and the Mid-America Mall Desert?
Memphis The ACORN Canada organizing staff held its Year End/Year Begin staff meeting in Memphis with a side trip to Little Rock this year. Among the highlights of the meetings in Memphis were visits at the University of Memphis with ex-Texas and South Dakota ACORN organizer, Steve Soifer, now head of the Social Work Department …
Small Employers Switching to Health Exchanges over Affordability Issues
Memphis It was only a matter of time before some of the paradoxes embedded in the Affordable Care Act began to make too many employers, both good and bad, wonder if they couldn’t do better when they pay for health insurance. We’ve talked about some of the problems before, especially the incongruities around the loopholes …