Heron Soundbites

On a TalkPoverty radio interview, Clara Miller discusses why “business as usual” is no longer an option. As part of a Labor Day special,TalkPoverty Radio interviewed a series of experts around the issue of labor unions, poverty and philanthropy. Steve Kreisberg, Director of Collective Bargaining, spoke about the importance of unions while Terrence McCoy of The Washington Post discussed his findings of how companies benefit from lead-poisoned, poor black residents of Baltimore.Also on the show was Saqib Bhatti, Director of the ReFund America Project, who revealed the astronomical fees that cities pay for financial services. The show's final expert was Heron president Clara Miller, who talked about the foundation and why it decided to "go all in."