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 Wow! Reading the papers today in the aftermath of the US election and Trump’s unbelievable win for a second term after a defeat in 2020, matching only Grover Cleveland in pulling this off over the last 100 years, it seems I’m the only one who didn’t see this coming and know …
New Orleans Give the devil his due. Trump swept all the battleground states. He is the first Republican in 20 years to win the popular vote. His performance at the polls improved among virtually all voting groups in 2024. He can complain how the election was rigged, but if it was, it was …
New Orleans My aunt Leah would never let me forget Election Day in 1968, and would half-kid and half-scold me for decades. It had nothing to do with the contest, which was still being counted out between Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey that night when I showed up at their house in Tulsa, …