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 Make no mistake about it, autocrats everywhere come first for the soft targets, like nonprofits. The cover story may be slightly different from country to country, but it’s all about power and control. Autocrats want to eliminate any voice or sign of opposition and nonprofits and public services are the easiest …
Marble Falls In the ongoing meltdown and public relations catastrophe that has characterized President Trump and Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE, nothing seems more absurd than credit card limits of only one dollar without specific approval for purchase. This is when we are all forced to come to grip …
Marble Falls For all the signs of increasing resistance and chronic failures of the new Trump administration, there’s a problem that is impossible to ignore: Trump’s threats and bullying in many cases is actually working. In one case after another, there are huge blinking stop signs on fundamental activities and organizations because of …