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 I often find myself defending the city and state where I vote, when outsiders and transplants insinuate that there is appalling, deep seated corruption here. I usually point out that indictments are notoriously political, and Louisiana is a crazy political state and has been for generations. Actual convictions are less common …
New Orleans The on-line headline on the op-ed page called the current dominant financial practices led by private equity and the rest of the banking world as a “grift.” Dictionaries define a grift as usually a small-time swindle. When people refer to Trump as a grifter, they are thinking of bigger scandals. The …
Pearl River There have always been restrictions on what can be bought with food stamps. Booze, beer, and cigarettes have always been banned, but the new bans are extensive, arbitrary, and paternalism on steroids. Sure, sugar isn’t good for people, neither is soda pop, but is this really and truly about what’s best for …