WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
Mexico City If you think that the 2007-08 housing meltdown taught the government unforgettable lessons, you’re dreaming. For all the problems of Obama exacerbating the crisis by letting banks determine mortgage payers modifications, a classic fox in charge of the chicken house situation, a huge part of the problem was the real estate …
New Orleans The embarrassing Health & Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy, Jr. joined with the TV Doctor Oz who is now heading CMS, which runs Medicaid and Medicare, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the head of HUD, the department of housing and urban development, in a joint op-ed jeremiad demanding that as the …
Pearl River Rural America, the story goes in political rhetoric, is deep red. When it comes to a many issues that might mean “in the red” from studies we have done on the operation of rural electric cooperatives. Thart’s not all of course, and maybe not even the worst problem. When there’s a close look …