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 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 …
New Orleans At this point in a usual election, some might say that it’s all “over but the shouting,” but in the US election the shouting has been endless and is expected to continue even after the voting is finished. This is the time when whatever can be said, has already been said. …
New Orleans Reading my local paper, The New Orleans Times-Picayune Advocate, I couldn’t help but read an article about a pollster in the north Louisiana city of Shreveport, despite my commitment these days to not read anything about polls or the polls themselves. I actually read it more than once, because I wasn’t …