Thessaloniki Reading the headlines about the fiscal crisis in Greece and following the protests by hundreds of thousands of people in Athens and other cities, it was hard to feel like we were all getting the whole story. We were sold headlines about profligate governmental spending and debt and a population unwilling to pay taxes. …
Category: Financial Justice
Job Training for Workers in the Gig Economy Era
New Orleans An interesting question came from the audience after watching “The Organizer” in Santa Fe. A gentleman asked what ACORN was doing and what was our thinking about job training programs these days. I basically answered that federal monies were being cutback in job training, but for the most part there seemed to be …
Airline Antics
Albuquerque Anyone who has flown recently knows something about the class divisions that are being strapped into the plane seats with the passengers. I’m not talking just about the fares. Almost everything is being tilted towards first class and the creation of various forms of steerage where people are forbidden to bring anything aboard the …