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".
Little Rock As a long-time listener to country music, way before it was cool. Whoops, wait a minute, has it ever really been cool? I don’t think so. I hope not. Now, it’s all so pickup by the river and Daisey dukes, that I hardly ever let the dial wander over there. But there …
Brooklyn In one of the performative episodes in the divided Congress, two or three might still remember some of the yahoos thought that they would embarrass somebody by having hearings in New York City about crime. Yawn. Anyway, Ohio’s raging Jim Jordan’s big blurb that made news everywhere is that his big reveal on …
Mexico City If you’re trying to gauge the outlook for workers, especially lower waged workers in the USA in the coming year, strap the seat belt tightly, because the ride has a lot of ups and downs, curves and corners. So many economists have different crystal balls they are examining, whether employed by the …