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".
Little Rock There are so many battle lines on the Trump offensive against the American people and the government, but it’s hard not to see a central theme being an attack on the poor and workers. Workers have gotten more of the headlines with the layoffs and attempted firings of tens of thousands of …
Little Rock Recently, President Trump in his usual stream of consciousness blurted out that he didn’t believe automobile exhaust caused air pollution. I hope he’s not back to blaming trees again. More frighteningly, a rumor circulated widely among the environmental cognoscenti, that the president was preparing an executive order that would declare groups working …
Marble Falls A headline in the news said that the great state of Texas was moving to allocate $1-billion to a voucher program there. One red state after another has tried to skim dollars away from public education support to support private education, largely through church-based schools or pick-up places, based on a …