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 There is little question that being President of the United States is either the most powerful political position in the world today, or so close to it that it would make any argument pretty trivial. There are some, President-Elect Trump first among any others, who believe there are virtually no limits to …
New Orleans After twenty years, the two-million member Service Employees International Union (SEIU) issued a press release quoting its new president, April Verret, saying that after twenty years, the union is rejoining the AFL-CIO. This is news, but it also one of those things where one would nod and say, “it was just …
New Orleans We’ve worried with this problem in the past, but it seems to be getting worse. The Washington Post has stirred the pot again with a series of maps, that weren’t in the print edition, but that powerfully flesh out the issue of RealPage and others contracting with big landlords to use …