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".
Mexico City Sitting around after a great breakfast and family gathering in Mexico City on Christmas morning, conversation drifted, as it is wont to do, towards politics and the state of play in the coming US election and the prospects for Biden versus Trump. We could have talked about the upcoming election in Mexico …
Mexico City Well, go ‘head, Colorado! Most have heard the news, I’ll bet. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that former President Trump is ineligible to be on the ballot for the Republican Presidential Primary in that state because his role in the January 6th insurrection is a violation of Section 3 of the 14th …
New Orleans The off-year election returns in the United States are a stark reminder about what happens to political power when it is forced to measure its weight in democratic elections. In elections, votes are actually counted. Unlike courts appointments, the packing of the judiciary or gerrymandering, when a party can draw magic …