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".
April 16, 2021 New Orleans I saw an interesting note recently. Massachusetts, our blue state bastion of liberalism in the usual political polarity debates, finally came on board in classifying public solicitation of funds that some call “begging,” as free speech. In December 2020, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court became the latest state …
April 15, 2021 New Orleans These days as we keep our eyes peeled at state legislative activity to suppress the vote, it’s important to remember that many state legislatures under conservative control are also still smarting with offense at the Black Lives Matter protests after the killing of George Floyd and trying to take …
April 14, 2021 New Orleans This is like the version of the old joke. What’s the good news? The union beat Amazon in the election. What’s the bad news? The union beat Amazon in the Bessemer election. Stated another way, what would have happened if the dog had caught the truck? In short, you …