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".
Newark Countries everywhere might have something to learn from Indonesia. Yes, you heard me. Indonesians know how to get the vote out, even if sometimes their politicians don’t serve them well. They make voting and election day a celebration and call it a “Pesta Demokrasi,” or Democracy Party. It works too. In the last …
Pearl River The US Supreme Court cloaks itself in the pretense of by-the-book law, but often it seems mostly adept at backroom politics. On many levels, that’s the nature of the game. For a Justice to prevail, as opposed to say, justice prevailing, it takes five votes to win. There’s a reason they call …
New Orleans In election cycle after election cycle, the role of money, big money, has increased. Donors are the third rail in modern US politics. Candidates seem to put more priority on winning their favor than the voters during their campaigns. Heck, even the Trump and Haley campaigns had to go to a …