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 guess it’s finally time to reckon with reality and admit the truth. Over the last fifteen years, a small but feisty self-appointed group has assembled unbeknownst to each other. These men and women, all acting independently, contact me regularly, and I appreciate hearing from them. They are all part of …
Pearl River Almost anyone paying attention knows about Mississippi-native and former NFL great Brett Favre rip and run with welfare funds in what many refer to as “one of the biggest scandals” in state history in a fraud scheme that ran from 2016 to 2019. There are a lot of allegations, some still charged, …
New Orleans Back in the USA, shaking off a 16-hour flight from Delhi to Newark against headwinds, there was news aplenty, some of it good, some of it not so good. Justice was served in a New York City court across the river, as a jury ruled conclusively that there had been more …