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 New Orleans is a tourist town, so this is an ever-present concern for local residents. Tourism drives a lot of the economy, although over the years the biggest numbers have accumulated from conventions along with the hotels, restaurants, and venues that serve that sector. The economic drivers there are more geographically …
Pearl River The ACORN Voter Purge Project is now in the process of emailing more than 2 million voters that have been made inactive and purged in battleground states. Georgia and Pennsylvania are the first drops currently on their way out. The emails link the voter to the Secretary of State’s website in order to …
Pearl River I swear I don’t have a chip on my shoulder, but I can’t be sure. It’s more a kind of a love-hate relationship. I read the New York Times daily when it shows up on the front stoop. I read it on-line when on the road, and then go page-by-page, when I hit …