Little Rock As the hosts of KABF’s radio shows gathered at the New Millennium Church in western Little Rock near the University of Little Rock campus, long time DJs went back and forth trying to remember when we had convened our last all hands meeting of the hosts. I would venture three or four years, …
We2gether Pushing Hard in Sunflower County
Drew, Mississippi A couple of years ago I thought I had stumbled onto a group trying to make things happen in Sunflower County in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, in one of the poorest areas of the United States. I failed to find them. It was either a mirage or a dust devil coming …
Getting Serious about the Policy of Taxing the Rich
Washington This whole thing about taxing the rich is getting serious. There were more than 150 people in a wonk policy festival organized brilliantly by the Institute for Policy Studies and the Economic Policy Institute, two of the most respected research centers in Washington. Talking about taxes in general is mind-numbing, head spinning, headache producing …