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 A random email announcing a petition or something landed in my in-box among so many others. I knew the sender, so scrolled it in passing. It turned out to be pushing on the Democratic Party in our time of troubles. The email mentioned that they were forwarding their petitions to the Democratic …
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 …