New Orleans The cover story in this issue of the quarterly journal, Social Policy, laid out the case once again on the lack of diversity and democracy in the rural electric cooperatives in the 12-state southern area. The minimal representation of African-Americans and Hispanics is region-wide despite the huge populations of both of these groups …
HUD Finally Hand Slaps Housing Vultures
Madison The Housing Urban Development (HUD) department needed a weatherman to see which way the wind was blowing, and, finally, years after hurricane level damage has been done to families and communities around the country and amid constant calls from housing advocates, they has finally put some restrictions on private equity and other investors who …
Emails, Internet, and Lost History
Madison Huma Abedin, the confidant and deputy chief of staff for Hillary Clinton, now working on her Presidential campaign, in her deposition released recently in commenting on the server controversy said, “Mrs. Clinton…wanted to protect her personal information, ‘just like anybody who has personal email would want to keep their personal email private.” It’s an …