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 It is impossible to have much doubt that Jeffrey Epstein, the financier and convicted sex criminal, was a scumbag. That’s been proven in a court of law, and he did time for it, until committing suicide in jail. There’s been a lot of whoopy-whoop about his relationship with Trump, who admits …
New Orleans The headlines said that 1000 Starbucks workers were on strike on the company’s annual “red cup” holiday special. The strike was indefinite, the union said, and was happening in 65 stores across 40 states. In New Orleans, nurses went on strike for the 5th time for 3 days at the UMC …
Pearl River I have kept my eyes peeled intensely on Walmart for over twenty years and out of curiosity ever since I lived in Arkansas, where I first encountered them. They were the very poster image for many years of ruthless corporate capitalism, here and abroad. They were huge. Their workers were underpaid widgets …