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".
Pearl River We keep beating this drum, over and over. Nonprofit, tax-exempt hospitals are supposed to provide charity care to justify the fact that they do not have to pay federal taxes. This benefit is worth billions for some hospital chains and is always a boon to any nonprofit hospital. The Affordable Care Act …
Marble Falls I’ve had this chart from the Times sitting on my desk for a couple of weeks now, while I pondered, scratched my head, and tried to sort out what it means, and, frankly, what it portends for the future we might hope to see someday. There’s a lot of good stuff …
Marble Falls Working with essential workers and their struggles over the last several years makes me hope that the recognition of the critical dependence we all have on them is more permanent than the pandemic. Unfortunately, I’m a realist, so I recognize how quickly people forget and try to put it all …