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 Progressive Maryland is an interesting organization, as I’ve learned over recent years. It’s statewide, working in Baltimore, Salisbury, and in and around Prince George and Montgomery County, the huge central counties of Washington, DC’s suburbs with their large, diverse populations. I learned a lot more talking to Larry …
Pearl River It’s sort of a key rule in life that it’s important to remember, good times and bad today, that there is always tomorrow. These days, I sometimes wonder if anyone in Washington, in the White House, in the various departments and agencies, in this unrestrained attack on institutions, traditions, and norms today, …
New Orleans When you think about cowboys, you have to be careful how you apply this to the White House. There was Ronald Reagan, riding a horse on his California ranch. We had George W. Bush cutting brush for fun and exercise on his Texas ranch. They were both one kind of wannabe …