New Orleans I wanted to share what I hoped was a simple story of one woman’s persistence prevailing over a giant, rogue company and the ineffectual enforcement by a city of its regulations governing the company. That story had as its activist, community hero a woman named Ada Phleger, a young attorney in the Federal …
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Regulating Payday Lenders Out of Our Neighborhoods Like Porn Shops and Liquor Stores
Houston Payday lenders are by definition predatory no matter how they try to spin the story. Driving in torrential, blinding rains yesterday from Dallas to Houston, I listened to an ad from ACE Cash Express offering “free” loans of up to $1500 for 30-days supposedly without any interest or fees. ACE Cash Express just settled …
Sweatshop Inspection Plan and Demanding Continued Mortgage Cleanup
New Orleans Sweatshops: Talking about a new garment industry inspection and morintoring plan that makes more sense, here is one from labor that is being readied for launch in Bangladesh. At this point it is an “if and when” agreement though signed by only two groups, PVH, owner of Hilfiger and Calvin Klein brands, and …