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".
Bay St. Louis Once again, the ACORN family of organizations in North America travelled to New Orleans for the annual Year End / Year Begin Meeting. Most of the 22 folks from the various organizations stayed at the camp near Pearl River with others booming in from New Orleans, Slidell, and an Airbnb in Waveland, …
Pearl River President-elect Trump wants to shake the tree as hard as he can until the leaves fall into piles that he likes. I get that. No president, good or bad, comes into office determined to do exactly what the ones before him did. In his usual tactical repertoire, he goes for the bleachers …
Pearl River How times change. President Eisenhower in his farewell famously warned us of the insidious power of the “military-industrial complex.” President Biden in his swan song warned us about the emergence of oligarchy. Given the dearth of civic education these days, the Washington Post even thought it necessary to run a short course …