New Orleans I got an unusual tip from Janet Reasoner writing from the windswept, snowy plains of Wyoming to take a look at a piece in the German magazine, Der Spiegel, about renting protestors. Yes, renting people to participate in your demonstration. Seems a web based company called Erento.com based in Berlin pairs …
Category: Personal Writings
Robert Moses Revisited
New York City The Museum of the City of New York has an exhibit revisiting the work of Robert Moses and his imprint on the city from parks to highways to bridges and buildings. Moses was the master builder of the middle 20th century, especially during the zenith of his power, in the 50’s and …
New Orleans A large coalition ranging from ACORN to the United Automobile Workers (UAW) and NAACP has come together along with our usual comrades, the Center for Responsible Lending, Consumers Federation of America, Consumers Union, and others to try a new and very public tactic in the ongoing war against predatory lending. We’re going Madison …