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 This whole Trump colonization effort in Venezuela was already unsettling based on the administration’s chortling about the real mission being to expropriate oil for the US. Usually, the public at least gets some kind of thin rationalization for military action, like saving democracy or protecting human rights. Slapping dollar signs and …
Marble Falls In the way that expressions stick, whether true or not, it’s not hard to hear people of all stripes and persuasions exclaim, “this isn’t my first rodeo!” Every once in a while, I wonder if, in fact, these folks have ever been to a rodeo? For my part, my first, was …
Marble Falls Let me start by acknowledging that some parts of the world may simply be moving too quickly down the road for me to keep up. In my defense, or as an excuse, I realize I’ve got a lot of company. I’d like to argue that I’m simply on the trailing edge, …