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 The Republican proposal to finance extended tax benefits for the rich by cutting health and other benefits for lower income and working Americans is a two-pronged attack. Work requirements are part of it, and the other part is putting people in a paperwork prison. Keep in mind, this is all about …
Marble Falls The big, bad budget bill squeaking through the Republican-controlled US House of Representatives committee process makes a big thing out of work requirements as a means to transfer benefits from the poor to the rich by blocking access to Medicaid, food stamps, and other vestiges of what’s left of the US …
New Orleans The Trump 2.0 administration has choked off aid to other countries, especially poor countries where the United States Agency for International Development (US-AID) was a lifesaver in combating disease, mitigating disasters, and assisting in economic development. Legal action has left the agency on a lifeline, but money is still not moving. …