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 My annual trip to India was snakebit this year. The cost of the ticket was hundreds of dollars higher than usual, but that turned out to be the least of the problem. Scheduled to leave on Sunday, the East Coast blizzard was expected to hit Newark airport hard, which was my jumping …
New Orleans A five-week nurses’ strike recently ended with hospitals in New York City. There have been other strikes around the country led by the National Nurses Union, SEIU, and other unions. Casual observers may read the headlines about wages and patient care, nod, and keep going, believing it’s same ‘ol, same ‘ol. …
New Orleans Trump continues to call for nationalizing the US election procedures, despite the fact that he has surely been advised that the constitution makes it clear that election rules are generally the province of state governments, not federal action or presidential dictate. Beating this drum does send a message to his sycophants …