Little Rock The good news for the Remittance Justice Campaign in recent weeks has been significant. The bill was reintroduced in Ontario to cap the cost of remittances at 5% in line with the G-8 large industrial countries and World Bank goals. Studies by students at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver and the Georgia State …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Are Security Cameras Everywhere?
New Orleans Is it just in downtown Boston near Copley Square or are security and surveillance cameras everywhere in our cities. During the recent bombing at the Marathon reports attributed the breakthroughs in the investigation to meticulous viewing of hundreds of hours of video footage around the area which allowed the police and FBI to …
When Will We Recognize Direct Care Worker Crises
New Orleans Most people – and politicians – don’t recognize the real contributions of direct care health workers until their lives or the lives of loved ones depend on them. And, when I say, depends on them, I mean for everything from mobility, to feeding, to bathing, to the most basic and private needs that …