New Orleans Following a lengthy research and database project, ACORN International and Labor Neighbor Research & Training Center have now released a sobering, and in some ways shocking, report called “Democracy Lost & Discrimination Found: The Crisis in Rural Electric Cooperatives in the South.” Looking at all available information on 313 cooperatives and their governance …
Robber Barons behind Payday Lending and Their Enablers
New Orleans In trying to take a close look at payday lenders, we’re always interested in who the money bags are behind these predatory lenders who are feasting on lower income and desperate families. It’s not a pretty picture and the perhaps the worst snapshot comes from looking at one of the world’s big outfits, …
Hey, At Least It’s Not a Popularity Contest
New Orleans With Donald Trump’s overwhelming victory in the Republican primary in Indiana, he has now driven Texas Senator Ted Cruz out of the race, and he officially threw in the towel as the numbers swamped his last chance at a path to win. Only Ohio’s Governor John Kasich continues in the race a long …