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".
Pearl River News from California or Massachusetts for those of us in the southern states or, frankly, the rest of this big country of ours, often seems like signals from other planets. The latest political moonbeams from Cali are recording a huge win for Governor Gavin Newsom against the recall efforts, triggered by his pandemic …
Denver This is such a Twilight Zone, unbelievable time that it buggers the imagination, but in reality, there are constant reminders that politics, and especially the lawmaking that politics sometimes produces, is not easily adaptable to remote work, but remains in-person business. A Republican state senator in Alaska is finding this out the hard …
New Orleans, It was inevitable. We could see this coming as clear as the day’s dawn. It was just a matter of time. Representing nursing home workers, we knew, given the last year’s history with the pandemic and the death count in care facilities, that a vaccine mandate was necessary and would be unavoidable. Now …