Super-sized Unemployment Benefits are Essential in a Depression

Ideas and Issues

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CN07202020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans      Congress is going back to work.  High on the agenda with the clock ticking is the next stimulus bill.  Some things are clear.  Mainly that the US economy is on its knees. Let’s look at the facts: 20 million people are unemployed. For the …

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Double Crossing Tenants in Ontario

ACORN ACORN International Canada

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CN07192020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts Pearl River     Helping with the ACORN Canada board zoom call was inspirational as always, but an eyeopener as well. The good news included a win in the British Columbia after an extensive ACORN “internet for all” campaign with the telecommunications company Telus who finally agreed to …

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The Pandemic Case for the Affordable Care Act

Health Care

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CN07152020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts New Orleans       There’s no rhyme or reason to it, but bizarrely the Trump administration recently marched into court to once again challenge the legal standing of the Affordable Care Act.  Perhaps someone in the campaign wasn’t sure that former Vice President Joe Biden had enough …

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