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".
Marble Falls How could something called “Black Friday” ever be seen as a good thing? When I hear the phrase, I hear echoes of the stock market crash signaling the Great Depression. I try to remember what terrorist event was connected to those words. I have a little shudder at what seems the …
Marble Falls For years, we have felt like we were beating a drum that no one hears. Frankly, when it comes to the refusal of many tax-exempt, nonprofit hospitals to meet the requirements of their estimated $60 billion annual tax benefit to actually offer charity care, it should be a scandal, but seems …
Amsterdam Sometimes coincidences are surprising and other times, it seems like fate. Adrien Roux and I had both of these reactions as we walked briskly from the ferry across from the central station in the rain to the offices of Red Amsterdam Nord, the Amsterdam North Network. We stopped in a grocery store to …