Saving Money, Lives, and Mexico by Raising the White Flag in the Drug War

New Orleans    Sitting in the jury pool in Orleans Parish Criminal Court and watching each case tainted by a touch with drugs and the huge waste of police and court resources and being force to think for hours at a time about exactly what I thought about the huge divisions and lack of security in the …

A Break in the Remittance Campaign Comes from the Somalian Hawala Crisis!

New Orleans   ACORN International’s Remittance Justice Campaign has begun to pick up steam.  A private member’s bill to cap rates has now been introduced in Queen’s Park for the Ontario provincial government.  Similar efforts are being pushed in British Columbia and later this year legislators have committed to introducing measures in Honduras and perhaps …

Organizing Around Education and Art in Dharavi

Mumbai     This was a different visit to ACORN’s organizing in Dharavi.  In the year since I had been here the Mumbai water & sewer system had implemented their plan to clear away 10 meters on either side of their huge drainage pipes thereby eliminating hundreds of residents and our original offices overlooking the pipes.  We …