New Orleans You can’t make this stuff up. Jeff Bezos of Amazon is the richest man in the world with an estimated worth of about $140 billion, more than some small countries. Born in Albuquerque 55 years ago and raised in Houston he founded Amazon in the mid-1990s, and, shebang, twenty-five years later he’s …
MASH is a New Kind of Labor Union
Milwaukee It is impossible to be in Milwaukee for more than fifteen minutes and not hear about the surprising success of the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team this season and their breakout star, known affectionately as the Greek Freak. You figure? It is also impossible not to spend time in a community and with an organization …
Corporate Ownership is Squeezing Rents in Some Cities
Milwaukee Looking city to city, part of what is driving rents up to record highs and exacerbating the affordable housing crisis is the critical intrusion of large corporate ownership of single-family homes in some markets in addition to larger developments where they have always been a factor. The ACORN Home Savers Campaign has monitored this …