Foundations as “Extensions” of Corporate Reach

Ideas and Issues

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/CN02182020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans   Foundations created by corporations and the superrich are multi-headed monster of tax havens and public relations that combine to whitewash a story for the people down below that makes us swallow rather than spit.  The latest examples have Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder and world’s …

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The Billionaire and Right-Wing’s Racist Lies About Redlining

Ideas and Issues

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/CN02172020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans    With the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency leading the way to gut the Community Reinvestment Act along with some other federal regulators, the last thing we should be doing is having to remind everyone, including the government and its legions of politicians, about …

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Running from Race is Hard in the Presidential Race

Ideas and Issues

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/CN02122020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans       It’s Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, so what better time to talk about the still unresolved, raw issues around race that continue more than 150 years after his death.  Evidence abounds that you can’t run from issues around race, as we examine increased scrutiny of Democratic …

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