New Orleans It is not every day when the work of ACORN and its affiliates is written between the lines of major stories in The New York Times, but recently that was the case in a glaring, tragic story about the so-called “sleep mafia” in Delhi. The story of privatized sleep follows a familiar pattern …
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The Deep South Conundrum
Mexico City Reading Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads is worth the ride, but it comes with some warnings. Paul Theroux, the travel writer and novelist, is a hard guy to really like, even when you agree with him and are willing to say that his intentions are good. He just kind of goes …
Studies Find Microfinance Does Not Reduce Poverty, Assets Do
Hamburg Several years ago ACORN International did a research report that seemed heresy to many, but started from the simple proposition that since microfinance is debt, debt does not reduce poverty, therefore the value of microfinance was the same as buying a job through an employment agency: work at a steep price. For many the …