Pickers, Immigrants, and the Exploitation of Farm Workers

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Ideas and Issues Immigration Reform

 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 …

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Measuring the Cost of the Digital Divide for Lower Income Families

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice

Little Rock   We continue to struggle with cable companies promising to offer affordable digital access to lower income families.  Comcast, Cox, Time-Warner, and others promise, while failing to deliver in any meaningful way.  The FCC claims to be engaged in the fight with us, but lumbers along ineffectively.  Ironically, when the recent FCC chairman stepped …

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