March 18, 2021 New Orleans I remember well when Montana Peoples’ Action, an ACORN associate organization, and Jim Fleischman, a longtime ACORN organizer, put together tenant associations in a bunch of towns not only in Missoula, but scattered around that part of the state in the late 1980s. I listened with interest more recently …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Restoring Voting Rights to Former Felons
March 17, 2021 New Orleans In these times when a number of states are trying to curtail voting rights for their citizens, the governor of Virginia made some news by speeding up the process for former felons to vote in that state. By making the review of a former prisoner’s status immediately after release …
Weak Cybersecurity Puts All at Risk
March 16, 2021 New Orleans If you are lucky, maybe you have a bit of savings for your retirement, like a 401(k) plan. Maybe if you are really lucky, you worked for an outfit that actually put some money into that plan or matched your contribution. Maybe if you were super lucky you worked …