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".
Toronto Many politicians and economists like to pretend when they are measuring labor production, wage rates, and GDP that the numbers tell it all. Others with feet more firmly planted on the ground know better and have argued for a different measure that values ALL work, not just the work that’s easy to count. …
Pearl River Most of us don’t recognize any fine line between irony and flat-out hypocrisy, but this attack on the largely strawman issue of diversity, equity, and inclusion or DEI, makes it hard to avoid seeing it. Readers and listeners may be sick and tired of hearing about this in recent days, but we …
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 …