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 I landed in Newark from Frankfurt and opened my computer to see messages popping up everywhere with breaking news that President Joe Biden had announced that he would not seek a second term as US president in the fall election. World leaders applauded his decision. Columnists and editorial writers hailed his …
Pearl River Anyone who has spent time lying up in bed watching HBO’s “Game of Thrones” or now the “House of Dragons,” knows that palace intrigue is rift, ambition can be deadly, divisions are constant, and, simply put, it’s very, very hard to take the throne. All that is the case even for royalty, who …
New Orleans Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi are about as far away from being battleground states for the 2024 election as any savvy handicapper or oddsmaker would verify. Unfortunately, these and other deep red states are the places where I end up doing a lot of my work and spending a lot of time. Not …