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 We all know McDonalds. It’s a brand known around the world. The company has made so many billions of hamburgers under the golden arches that they no longer build signs that calculate the numbers. Many today likely don’t realize that they ever did. McDonalds is simply a fact of life. …
Marble Falls It’s not exactly one that got away, but it’s definitely one that has kept biting people hard. I’m talking about the ways low-and-moderate income families are forced into alternative financing schemes in order to put a roof over their heads. Several years ago, the ACORN Home Savers Campaign went after a …
Marble Falls There’s politics and there’s policy, and then there’s just plain reckless, egomaniacal tomfoolery. It’s no longer “don’t mess with Texas.” The signs should now say: Texas is a Mess! Governor Greg Abbott should have his picture on that sign, rather than in public offices around the great state. He’s abandoned public …