New Orleans It is hard for me to believe that the Obama Administration will not finally address relief for the millions of homeowners facing foreclosure and are underwater across the country. The slightly improving market for housing should help trigger some change, though many banks will no doubt continue kicking and dragging. The relief …
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“Picking Up ACORN’s Pieces:” The Voter Registration Deficiency
New Orleans Rob “Biko” Baker, the executive director of the League of Young Voters, wrote an interesting story in the Summer 2012 issue of Shelterforce daring to state plainly what has been obvious to virtually everyone concerned and biting their fingernails as the USA Election Day looms before us. His article, entitled “Picking up ACORN’s …
Negotiating Skills for Women and Comfort with Conflict
Vancouver An article the other day on “Narrowing the gender wage gap” by Erin Anderssen in the Globe and Mail caught my eye not because of the title but because the subtitle seemed to perhaps make this piece different than the usual “oh, my!” because it went to the heart of an important issue: “Young …