New Orleans Andrew Breitbart was the face and force behind a number of high traffic websites during his career, ended suddenly with a fatal heart attack more than a year ago. He played a role in helping set up the liberal Huffington Post, but at his death was best known for his “big” sites, especially …
Category: Ideas and Issues
A Work and Time Time Test for Public Housing Tenants
Frankfort Hidden in plain sight in the Obama Administration budget proposal before the U.S. Congress now is a potentially huge and unsettling change in the way that public housing is administered. The budget seems to envision an expanded requirement that living in public housing could require proof of a job and could be time limited. …
Pickers, Immigrants, and the Exploitation of Farm Workers
New Orleans A lawyer for the Southern Poverty Law Center named Jim Knoepp found a way to get my attention when he was quoted in a story about potential employment discrimination between United States workers and immigrant farm labors, saying, “Think of trash collection. That’s not very appealing, either. But if you offer decent wage …