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".
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 …
Marble Falls My hair is on fire, and it just keeps burning higher and hotter. Reading all of the articles about the big bad budget for me is what I think the cool kids call a “hate read.” Voices on the Republican side against cutting benefits include moderate-ish Congress folks in districts where …
Pearl River Living in New Orleans, we become accustomed to being in the news. People like our food, music, Mardi Gras, and festivals for just kicks or business conventions, so the headlines follow. Somebody wants to report on climate change, New Orleans will be front and center. We get used to all that, and …