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 Gautam Adani, principal of the India-based Adani Group, has won the controversial bid to redevelop the Dharavi megaslum in the heart of Mumbai. Once the third-richest man on the planet, his wealth has capsized under scrutiny of US-based analysts that questioned his company’s financial schemes because of the accounting between related …
Pearl River It turns out that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas sold three pieces of property to his rich, donor buddy Harlan Crow, perhaps for more than they were worth. They claim this was to be some kind of memorial to where Thomas had lived, but there’s been no progress on that, and, even if …
Pearl River Clarence Thomas has been on the United States Supreme Court for over thirty years. He was seated controversially in 1991 after a contentious hearing that featured his sexual harassment of his associate at the EEOC, Anita Hill. He is one of the more conservative voices on the court, but that just makes …