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 I had to call our long-time volunteer pro-bono lawyer, former ACORN and Local 100 organizer, brother, and friend a week or so ago. He was running a little late. He was writing the draft lease for an antenna that the City Council of Eudora, Arkansas had agreed could be placed on …
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 …
Marble Falls In Finland, the Prime Minister is a young woman. She kicked up a hornet’s nest in this reputedly happy-happy country by dancing with her friends at a club one night recently. We’re a long way from the tut-tuting, eyebrow raising folks over there to know the details, but she passed a …