It was a bumpy flight into Toronto with gray skies and rain everywhere, clearing occasionally so the changing leaves could plop down. The weather was, well, Canadian! Somehow we made it on time to our annual “check-in” meeting with the national staff of the Canadian district of the Steelworkers. It was sad to learn that …
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More Tenants? More Rights!
Toronto Given the housing and foreclosure crisis in the United States, it was not surprising to see that homeownership rates have fallen rapidly in recent years. The Wall Street Journal published an estimate saying: The nation’s home-ownership rate is also falling, to 67% of U.S. households in 2010, after topping 69% in 2004, according to …
Palin, Assange, Project Vote, Toronto, and Foreclosures
New Orleans I’m on the predawn patrol to Phoenix to check again on foreclosure ground zero and how it can be possible with tens of thousands of people losing their homes that this is not a central issue in the Governor’s election? When even the New York Times realizes from their lofty perch that the …