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 Many are looking at the wealth transfer in America in coming years from baby boomers to their heirs as the largest in history, given the trillions of dollars that generation holds now. Unsurprisingly, given the current state of social and political affairs, this transfer is likely to exacerbate inequality, rather than …
New Orleans Charles Blow, a columnist for the New York Times wrote an interesting column the other day on President Biden’s prospects for winning a second term. His angle was interesting. He talked to three veteran campaigners who had made their chops running winning campaigns for Carter, Clinton, and Obama. They joined me in …
New Orleans The British have a raucous political tradition that amazingly continues to endure, called “question period.” The Prime Minister de jure takes questions from the opposition leader and parliamentarians on both sides of the aisle who hoot and holler from the back benches as if they were at a local football, which is …