New Orleans A group of folks has finally stepped into the gap and created a nonprofit channeling capacity for donations to Wikileaks and other important, but unpopular groups protecting free speech and guaranteeing more transparency for the public. The Freedom of the Press Foundation is pretty much just a “scarecrow” site at its current launch …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Tragic, Crushing, Head Scratching Over Massacre of Connecticut Children
New Orleans We were in Boston and the videographer kept looking at his phone while filming and even leaving the room. At the early afternoon break I told him we were going off the record for a couple of hours. “Good,” he said, “I need to leave for Connecticut, have you heard what has happened there.” …
Minimum Wage Increase Initiatives Coming in Massachusetts, Missouri, and More
Boston Lew Finfer, the director of MCAN, the Massachusetts Community Action Network, the dean of community organizers in the Boston Area, was the last guest visiting with the ACORN Canada staff, and he honored the group with some interesting observations of what has changed and what has stayed the same in the work over the years, …