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 One of the saddest things about contemporary capitalism is that there are constant scams designed to rip-off consumers. The United States has whole agencies that are designed to protect consumers and oversee such shenanigans, like the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and that’s a good thing. …
Heerlen Late June, most schools are out, summer is here, and maybe for many there’s a minute to take a breath and smell the roses. One rock in the road of such relief and peace of mind at this time of year, especially these days, is that the reconfigured, hyper-conservative US Supreme Court casts …
Detroit In the United States, one thing that has always seemed sacrosanct has been local public schools. That is not to say that elected school boards have not been political, but is to say there has rarely been any fundamental question about whether or not public schools were governed and run locally. Parochial schools …