February 4, 2021 New Orleans In the old culture of the Service Employees International Union and the AFL-CIO, where Local 100 and I spent twenty-five years, I would be buying a plane ticket for John Sweeney’s funeral right now, if the pandemic allowed it. It would be expected, and …
The Tragedy of Myanmar
February 3, 2021 New Orleans News of another coup, if we could call it that, where the Myanmar military took back powers that it had loaned to the people for the last several years, seems to be greeted with more “I told you so’s” than surprise, but that doesn’t lessen the huge tragedy …
Rents High and the Living Isn’t Easy
February 2, 2021 New Orleans You might think that something called “hire a helper” would be a sketchy source for vital information about the national housing market and affordability, but when they pull the data directly from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, that’s pretty much gold standard. I can’t help but share their …