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".
New Orleans Talking to someone today who is part of the larger community of organizers, he started by saying that he bet that we knew some of the same people. He mentioned Bill Lipton and Bob Masters, who had been boon comrades in the Working Families Party in New York, as well as …
New Orleans Let’s be honest, American sports fans, reading the sports page is as much like reading the business section, as it is keeping up with the scores on your favorite teams. In fact, given the billionaire takeover of US pro sports in the big three of football, basketball, and baseball, sometime it’s …
Pearl River As the divide between the rich and rest of us widens by the day, it’s a fair question to ask what is happening to charity? Philanthropy at major league levels is based on favorable tax treatment, so why don’t we see money, money, money everywhere for nonprofits? Going through a spate of …