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 It turns out that when you never fix something that is broken, it just stays broken, even if ignored. We all know that’s the truth, whether a leaky faucet, a flattening tire, or our own sorry selves. Looking the other way, pretending it’s not a problem, or, worse, hoping it will all …
Little Rock The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a devastating and disheartening daily story. Indiscriminate bombing of civilian targets is horrifying, not that this is unique in war, but we are seeing it virtually in real time without a filter. Over 13,000 Russians have been arrested for antiwar protests inside their country over the …
New Orleans Finally, it appears that economists are catching up with the on-the-ground reality when it comes to workers and the factors that push down on their wages. Arguments that there is a free labor market, universally mobile and propelled by little more than self-interest, have always been specious. Rationalizations that low wages …