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 Mi companera is a “lead head,” as she self-describes herself and the global network of activists, organizers, scientists, and more who are constantly raising the alarms about the dangers of lead everywhere. For a while, there has been a box of lead-testing kits on the stairsteps that I have to navigate …
New Orleans The New York Times wants to know why. Why did Trump hoard secret documents? Why did he fib about it and try to hide them from investigators? I think I know the answer, just like I think they know the answer: that’s just the way he is. This is way late …
New Orleans The ongoing dog pile at Project Veritas, the Frankenstein vanity project of rightwing video-scammer James O’Keefe, continues unabated. It’s hard not to enjoy a good thing. None of that is to say that O’Keefe won’t try to resurrect himself in the all-forgiving ecosystem of the right, but the mountain that he’ll …