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 My aunt Leah would never let me forget Election Day in 1968, and would half-kid and half-scold me for decades. It had nothing to do with the contest, which was still being counted out between Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey that night when I showed up at their house in Tulsa, …
New Orleans Way back when, a popular slogan for the #MeToo moment was “trust women.” As the US election runs the clock don in the final hours, for those trying to figure out which way the wind may finally blow, these few words stick hard to me. For of the talk about a declining …
New Orleans You have to be kidding? The US Supreme Court just established a new bar for total partisanship. This time it was in Virginia, where a bunch of them live – and vote. Essentially, they were doing a favor for their own beleaguered Republican governor. Who cares what the law says clearly enough …