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 For years, I have harped on the need to make “maximum feasible participation” an emphasis on delivery of all governmental benefit programs. The pandemic has heightened visibility of the gap between eligibility in target populations and distribution of approved and legislated benefits to the populations. In the United States, we see …
Pearl River As the pandemic continues, the service and sacrifices of health care workers continues to be front-page news, although with a different twist. Rather than reading about pot banging and applause, we’re reading about their vaccination rates. Where mandates apply in places like New York, we know 95% have had a least one shot, and 85% of …
Little Rock God knows, Americans don’t like to be herded. Whoever came up with the term “herd” immunity, did us no favors! On the other hand, there’s every sign that mandatory vaccination policies actually work, even in the land of the free, home of the stubborn. As New York State hospital, homecare, and nursing …