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 It never ceases to amaze me, both as a delight and a caution, how many really fundamental things that are critical to our understanding of politics and the economy, but that, for one reason or another, are so far off our normal radar that we are left clueless. Add “discounting” to …
Marble Falls Trump to American people: Back to the Caves! Yep, that’s the message. Like the old headline from the Daily News during that city’s fiscal crisis: “Ford to New York – Drop Dead.” I keep harping about the current administration having declared war on the poor. The poor aren’t the only target …
Marble Falls In the old days, maybe even as recently as a couple of months ago, countries might look to the United States as a guide to what might happen positively in their own country. Now the tables have turned. Americans can now learn about what is happening in their own country, by looking …