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".
Little Rock Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis in a Twitter technical meltdown has finally announced his bid for the Republican nomination for president. The kowtowing Republican supermajority in the Florida legislature has gone out of their way to pass wild and wooly legislation to establish his ultra-conservative bonafides. Less well known nationally has been the …
New Orleans The Conservative Party in the United Kingdom was trounced in recent local elections, losing 1000 seats, 500 to the Labour Party, 400 to the Liberal Democrats, and 200 to the Greens. Voters weren’t sure about much other than that they wanted to get rid of the Conservatives, who have clung onto …
London, Ontario Initiated referendums and recall petitions were some of the great reforms of the Progressive Era in the United States one-hundred years ago. In some states and many cities, these reforms have lasted since then, even if rarely used, offering some measure of accountability by citizens to protect themselves from malfeasance or abuse. …