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 In principle, it’s hard to be a fan of foundations. Too many of the rich and super rich use them as little more than tax dodges, choosing their own personal aggrandizement over paying for public services and needs to be approved by the people. The devil needs to be given his …
Pearl River One study after another indicates that due to financial constraints, and likely political division, the teaching of civics in American schools has plummeted. For my part, having taken civics and public speaking as electives in junior high school opened my eyes to the world around me on one hand and helped me …
Pearl River I have to agree with Helen Jensen, the Chicago-area nurse that first figured out that a killer had poisoned people she was caring for at her hospital by tampering with a bottle of Tylenol, when she says that the killer, “changed the world because of what he did.” I have to admit …