New Orleans ACORN bought a new national headquarters on Canal Street, the storied center line between the French Quarter and the CBD (Central Business District). We are twenty-six blocks from the River. From the window in my new office I can see the Superdome and much of downtown. We are hardly moved in on …
Category: International
Reports from our Correspondents
Los Angeles Two reports are in from our far-flung correspondents around the globe. Rick Hall, who has intermittingly given us insights into the ground level realities of the Middle East from his vantage point in Amman, Jordan, sent me this letter in the wake of President Bush’s recent visit to his neighborhood: Greetings …
Picture of the year-2007
New Orleans This is my nomination for “picture of the year” for 2007. Just like my hero of the year from Panama, this is a picture of humanity manifesting itself past the structure of expectation and horror, and quite simply it moved me. The photographer was Rina Castelnuovo working for the New York …