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 The Wall Street Journal looked at reports from 1500 of the largest companies in the US. One of the things they found is that cumulatively these companies were paying over $600 million for perks for executives and board directors. Some of it was for security in the wake of the United …
Mexico City Our utility bills are going up everywhere in the United States. We all have our theories, and some of them are right, at least partially. Is it pressure from data centers for more power as tech companies race forward in the competition over artificial intelligence? Yes. Is it subservient regulators and an …
New Orleans In the early and mid-1970s, ACORN and other citizen-based community organizations around the country were involved in one utility campaign after another with investor-owned companies. They were constantly asking for rate increases or were trying to build expensive, often coal-fired plants for speculated future demand. You name a state and a …