New Orleans The last several years of efforts for immigration reform in the United States have had been twists and turns, sometimes seeming to move forward, and other times were falling behind. Enforcement and deportations are up, Congress is stalled, states have become battlegrounds, some relief has come from the White House for DREAM-students and …
Tag: New York Times
Defending the Constitution for Workers and Not Elites
New Orleans Hidden in the New York Times the day after the July 4th holiday was a fascinating op-ed piece entitled Workingman’s Constitution, by William E. Forbath, a professor of law and history at the University of Texas in Austin. Forbath was writing in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable …
Union Conundrum: Short Term Needs versus Long Term Success
New Orleans Eduardo Porter’s “Economic Scene” column in the New York Times is fast becoming a favorite read for me. He actually seems to care about people, including working and low income people. Probably not long for this world at the paper, but worth showing some love. In today’s column he looked at the deterioration …