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 One of the saddest things about contemporary capitalism is that there are constant scams designed to rip-off consumers. The United States has whole agencies that are designed to protect consumers and oversee such shenanigans, like the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and that’s a good thing. …
Marble Falls Working with groups that are part of the Anthropocene Alliance the issue of flooding comes up frequently, whether it’s Miami, Oklahoma, Philadelphia, or Jackson, Mississippi. Everyone knows that climate change is real, temperatures are going up, record rains are already here. Water is rising. Areas that always flooded are now flooding more …
Marble Falls Part of what voters need to keep in mind, as we look towards the November election between Harris and Trump, is whether or not any of us are ready for the déjà vu of Trump’s proclivity for merging his business interests with his political position. There are already huge blinking warning …