New Orleans Pope Francis isn’t perfect. None of them are. All the same, it’s hard not to root for the guy, give him an attaboy and hope he pushes the Catholic Church and its parishioners to demand more social justice and social change. The Pope issued something called an apostolic exhortation which is several degrees …
Category: Financial Justice
National Eviction Crisis Finally in the Headlines
New Orleans In the ACORN Home Savers Campaign we’ve learned a lot about the contemporary issues for lower income families struggling with the potentially predatory nature of land contracts as a route to home ownership, but in doing the organizing we have been constantly confronted with the reality that the real trigger for forcing people …
How and When Did Scrooge McDuck Take Over Disneyland?
New Orleans My dad was born and raised in Orange County, California, first in Tustin, then Santa Ana, and finally Orange itself where he lived until he finished high school. My grandfather was a foreman on an orange grove ranch until he couldn’t be, and then he worked as the janitor at the Lutheran Church, next …