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 In the wake of the Roe v. Wade reversal under the more recent Dobbs decision by the Supreme Court, the forces for women’s right to choose versus the anti-abortionists are playing out politically and in other ways throughout the country. Politically, it’s a hot button issue that has even red states …
New Orleans One of the things the pandemic brought way too many of us which still lingers as a factor, if not a force, in our lives and work is Zoom, where too many of us – or maybe it’s just me – have a love-hate relationship. I’m not saying Zoom isn’t valuable. …
Pearl River My lifelong habit of reading the newspapers that stack up while I’m traveling persists, because I swear it pays dividends. Reading online can never capture everything that is in print, so I maintain the hard copy is a way to harvest what is easily missed otherwise. For all I know, some items …