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 Watching the shake and bake in the wake of the election reminds me of a universal law of looking at money, I learned as an organizer working for ACORN and presenting budgets, expenses, and audits to the board over the years. The questions from people were rarely about the big items like …
Taipei The Organizers’ Forum delegation was on a deep dive to understand the situations faced by migrant workers in Taiwan with meetings early and late during one day with Jing Ru Wu and her colleagues at the Taiwan International Workers Association (TIWA) and Lennon Ying-Da Wang of Service the People Association (SPA), its …
Pearl River The powerhouse NCAA signed an eight-year TV deal for $115 million per year, just short of a billion dollars over term, with ESPN to broadcast forty Division 1 championships in men’s and women’s sports. At the same time, the College Football Playoffs, another NCAA operation, signed a deal with ESPN for six-years for …