New Orleans Whether it’s the New York Times, Washington Post, or the local papers, there’s now a spot for the so-called “conservative” columnist to make sure the paper can survive the anti-media waves lapping around them and, frankly, appeal to their elite, “uptown,” and wealthier readership. A common trope for many of these and other …
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On Wages, If Walmart can Raise Wages, Why Not Everyone
Shreveport Walmart is still the world and America’s largest single private sector employer. Headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, they still leave a huge footprint in their home state just as they do around the world. For decades, Walmart led the race to the bottom, sweating workers on wages and hours, allegedly and likely discriminating on gender and …
What Happened to the New Poor Peoples’ Campaign?
New Orleans We are in the thick of the forty days of week by week protests called to take place around the country by the Poor Peoples’ Campaign: A Call for Moral Revival. After huge pre-campaign publicity that included a lengthy profile of the campaign’s leader, North Carolina’s Rev. William Barber, in The New Yorker …