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".
Pearl River Darned, it must be tough being rich these days. All the charts indicate that the top tenth of one-percent, the top one percent, and even the top ten percent are making out like bandits in the current economy, especially in the US, thanks to Trump and his various tax breaks and reallocations …
Pearl River Oh, mercy, save us from Trump’s SAVE Act, which is all about restricting access to the ballot, fixing things that are not broken, and maintaining power in the hands of the minority, rather than the majority. Currently, amid a flurry of preposterous threats by Trump, the bill is bottled up in Congress, …
Pearl River A lot of companies have been moving their corporate offices and re-registering in states that are more business-friendly moving from California and Delaware for example to Texas, where everything seems to go their way. Target, the huge retailer, is based in Minnesota, where it has its deep roots. Given the way Minnesota …