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 There’s no question that these are unsettling and scary times. The United States is notching another milestone on its way to being a failed and rouge state, entered its first governmental shutdown in seven years. The last was over Trump’s attempts fund a wall along the US border with Mexico. This …
Marble Falls As Trump continues to push globalization into the dustbin of history, it’s worth looking at the intended and unintended impacts of remittances around the world. Some may remember that one of Trump’s proposals in trying to attack immigration and migrant workers is to propose a transaction tax on remittances flowing from …
Marble Falls There is so many things in the news that can grab your attention these days, that if you’re not careful, you can be caught in the maelstrom unwittingly. I apologize for being the answer to the Stones’ song when they asked “who cares about yesterday’s news,” but I find myself still …