New Orleans There are few lobbies as powerful as the nursing home owners’ groups in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi. All of which makes the intervention of federal rules extending some of the same accountability standards that hospitals now face, welcome news. The fact that the penalties go right to their pocketbooks is even better …
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Time to Lend a Hand in Mississippi?
New Orleans The midterm elections in the United States are almost over, but there’s one race still pending. It’s a longshot, but cries out for people of conscience, regardless of their politics, to take a stand and be counted. There’s a cry for help, but it’s unclear how many will hear it. Mississippi to …
La Terre Institute
Bayou La Terre, Mississippi It was time for a field trip for our friends and visitors from Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Albania, some of whom were in their last few days after weeks of working and training in New Orleans with ACORN International and our Louisiana affiliate, A Community Voice. For various reasons some weeks ago, I …