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".
Marble Falls Reading a recent article in the New Yorker about the emerging strategy of the pro-life movement in these changing and challenging times, I was forced to come to grip with the concept of a “New Right.” Just as there was a New Left once upon a time, why couldn’t there be a …
New Orleans Recently, I called out Florida and the efforts of Governor Ron DeSantis and his crew to try and put their finger on the scale to prejudice Florida voters in favor of choice on pregnancy by injecting a fake speculation of the cost to the state if the measure passed. I thought they …
New Orleans Not every state still enjoys the Progressive Era reform that embedded the initiative and referendum process in local and state politics in many US political jurisdictions. The preponderance of these systems exists in the West and South. The purpose of these democratic participation tools is to allow citizens to bring forward measures …