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 When we last spoke to Edgar Villanueva a couple of years ago when the first edition of his book, Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance, arrived his critique of institutional philanthropy and the giving practices of the rich might have been a step or two ahead of the …
Pearl River FFLIC’s biggest current campaign is their effort to try to stop the expansion and rebuilding of the Swanson Center for Youth in the north Louisiana city of Monroe. FFLIC is easy to say, but stands for a string of words: Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children, a 20-year-old organization active around …
Pearl River Rich Trumka, head of the AFL-CIO, the largest labor federation in the United States, died suddenly of a likely heart attack on a camping trip with his family at 72 years of age. He had been president of the federation since 2009, when John J. Sweeney retired. He had been Secretary-Treasurer under …