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 There’s no question that these are unsettling and scary times. The United States is notching another milestone on its way to being a failed and rouge state, entered its first governmental shutdown in seven years. The last was over Trump’s attempts fund a wall along the US border with Mexico. This …
New Orleans Google Alerts are useful, but imperfect tools. I keep one for ACORN. Sometimes I get tricked when there’s a news item for London, Ontario, rather than London, England, and vice versa. It’s also still easy for me keep up with the winter preparation for squirrels based on the size of the …
New Orleans There was a news item that was a bit of good news for school children and teachers in Oklahoma. The elected Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters is resigning his office to take a job running a nonprofit whose aim is to fight teachers’ unions around the country. Many have followed …