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 In the United States, like it or not, we’re on the countdown. The government has been shutdown for weeks, as the polarity between the party’s positions pushes towards a new record for dysfunction. The President is hands-off on a snack tour of the Far East beginning with Japan. There are no …
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 …