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 With each news story reaffirming earlier regional reports by ACORN, Local 100 United Labor Unions, and Labor Neighbor, I don’t know how to get around the conclusion that many tax-exempt, supposedly nonprofit hospitals are a sham, little more than wolves in sheep’s clothing, and no better than the low bar set …
Marble Falls I had to call our long-time volunteer pro-bono lawyer, former ACORN and Local 100 organizer, brother, and friend a week or so ago. He was running a little late. He was writing the draft lease for an antenna that the City Council of Eudora, Arkansas had agreed could be placed on …
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 …