New Orleans In recent weeks organizers and advocates have been calling for a mass showing of support for immigration reform in cities around the country by hitting the streets for solidarity on May Day. The hope was to put some wind in the sails of immigration reform as the movement prepares to hear Obama deliver …
Category: Protests
Tambourine and Fan
New Orleans Bleary eyed from an 18-hour trip to Chicago, I opened the Times-Picayune early and glancing at the Metro section saw that a conservative, Republican-leaning, New Orleans City Councilwoman was trying to cut off funding to someone because of what she was saying was a “racist threat.” Something like that attracts the …
The Island of Buenos Aires
New Orleans Newscasts and news reports are full of discussion about the twin problems of fuel price increases and food shortages around the globe. Most center on steps being taken in India or Malaysia or elsewhere, but visiting with Ercilia Sahores, ACORN’s Latin American director, before her flight home this weekend underlined how universal …