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".
Pearl River The equal time provisions under decades of FCC actions have largely been eroded and haphazardly enforced, if all. Ostensibly, provisions still exist on the books as statute and via FCC regulations. “Under section 315, if a broadcast station permits any legally qualified candidate for public office to use its facilities, it shall …
Pearl River There’s a lot of heavy breathing about a union-backed ballot proposition in California that would apply a one-time tax on billionaires. Some billionaires seem upset about paying the tax. The founders of Google have attracted a lot of attention claiming they are moving to Florida and elsewhere. These were the same guys …
Pearl River Gautam Adani is perhaps the 2nd richest billionaire in India and one of the richest people in the world. ACORN follows his activity closely, because the Adani Group won the tender in Mumbai to implement an extensive proposal to redevelop the Dharavi community, often labeled the largest megaslum in Asia, where we …