New Orleans Local 100, United Labor Unions, turned in scores of complaints from our members in Houston and Little Rock as did Action United in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh over the obstacles Comcast put in the way of lower income families attempting to gain access to the internet and inexpensive computers. We endured meeting after meeting …
Category: Financial Justice
Social Determinants of Health are Killing People Everywhere
New Orleans Sometimes it is eerie how things come together. The other day I was working with several researchers with GHETS (Global Health through Education, Training and Services), a US-based nonprofit head by a colleague Dr. David Egilman, to expand the emphasize on community organizing and community action as a critical tool in training health …
Payroll or Payday Loans? Predatory Rates Sweeping Brazil & Mexico Credit Markets
New Orleans For working families payday loans pretty much define predatory lending. A family desperate for money takes a loan against their next paycheck. In years of campaigns ACORN Canada has won increased regulation of such loans in a number of provinces. The story in the United States where financial institutions of all sizes and …