New Orleans Like Greek oracles many of us read the tea leaves and look for animal sign in Washington to try and puzzle out what the Obama Administration is really doing and where it is really going. This is especially true in trying to figure out the future of the “tier 2” issues like immigration …
Category: Labor Organizing
Violence or Peace in Nairobi Slums
February 11, 2009 Nairboi In every conversation I have in Nairobi I ask the question forefront on many minds — has the national power sharing in government worked and is there now peace in the communities or could tribal antagonisms that killed more than 1000 in post-election violence little over a year ago recur. These are …
New Kenyan Labor Law
February 10, 2009 Nairobi Once I am stuck for what seems like forever in a traffic jam waiting with hundreds of other cars for a Kenyan policeman to wave us into a turnabout (traffic circle), I know I’m back in Nairobi. It was a pleasant surprise to be picked up by a young driver for the …