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 Given the media’s obsession with the rich and all of the folks lined up to take their money, it’s hard to avoid reading about their schemes and situations, even if you want to do so. Foundations have long claimed to be many things other than a simple tax dodge, but some …
Marble Falls Greg Brown, a Iowa-based folk singer, who came under my radar for some reason, had a great song called simply, “China”, which for some reason was an ear-worm for me, maybe because of the constant repetition every other line of “China, chi-nay, far away.” I’ll give you a taste, Baby still looks …
Marble Falls Bear with me, this is going to be a bit of a Luddite, techno-peasant peeve that I’m swearing can’t just be me, but truth be told, might not be too many more than me. It has to do with having the news managed, or I guess the more modern term would be …