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 The embarrassing Health & Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy, Jr. joined with the TV Doctor Oz who is now heading CMS, which runs Medicaid and Medicare, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the head of HUD, the department of housing and urban development, in a joint op-ed jeremiad demanding that as the …
Pearl River Rural America, the story goes in political rhetoric, is deep red. When it comes to a many issues that might mean “in the red” from studies we have done on the operation of rural electric cooperatives. Thart’s not all of course, and maybe not even the worst problem. When there’s a close look …
New Orleans Truth is stranger than fiction, but sometimes reality copies fantasy. I couldn’t help thinking about this while reading the news of an assassination of a healthcare executive. Unbelievably, the Brain Thompson, the 50-year-old CEO of United Healthcare, the giant US-based health insurer was gunned down and killed. This didn’t happen in …