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 The current table thumping by President Trump, Vice-President Vance, and Attorney-General Bondi, seems largely to be a cry that “vengeance is mine” without rhyme, reason, or restraint. It’s hard to tell if this is grief and sorrow over the Kirk assassination being converted into words or a cover for previous plans …
New Orleans Phil Allen, Jr. is younger than I am, but he was quick to agree with me when we were talking about Darnella Frazier and her fast phone fingers in Minneapolis. She’s the young woman, now widely recognized, including with a Pulitzer Prize, who had the presence of mind and the dexterity …
Pearl River My handwriting has always been bad, and, to tell the truth, it’s has steadily gotten worse over time. What was sort of rounded in my youth, but at least legible, has become more angular and abbreviated as the years pile up and my hurried writing has, if anything, sped up even more. …