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 It may be high-low bargaining, but at least progressives played their hands powerfully in order to get to try to get to the maximum number on Biden’s so-called social services infrastructure bill, retailed at $3.5 trillion. Pramila Jayapal, Democratic Congresswoman from Seattle, and head of the 100-member Progressive Caucus in the …
Pearl River Finally, a reason for progressive-minded students to stay in college, whether they are learning anything in the university or not: they can help the athletes organize a union or at least win their rights as workers! The General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) fired a shot across the bow …
Little Rock Senator Manchin is all about West Virginia. Talk to people in that small state, and they all have a Manchin story. He regularly calls into the popular middle-right talk radio station. He’s out and about. Hey, people living in Washington, DC, have summer homes and getaway cabins in West Virginia. It’s not …