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 As Trump continues to push globalization into the dustbin of history, it’s worth looking at the intended and unintended impacts of remittances around the world. Some may remember that one of Trump’s proposals in trying to attack immigration and migrant workers is to propose a transaction tax on remittances flowing from …
New Orleans I’m not a fan of President Trump. Any reader or listener knows that’s the case. When he’s wrong or whack, I don’t mind saying so. That doesn’t mean that like a broken clock that he might not be right every once in a while. I have to admit that I think …
Pearl River One of the major advances enabling modern unionization was the employer payroll deduction system for membership dues. Rather than having to hand collect dues from members at the workplace or union hall, an authorization from a worker means that the dues amount is deducted directly from the worker’s paycheck and remitted on …