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 The election contest is now set. Nikki Haley dropped like a rock with Trump ascendant. The Biden campaign has sent the word out to the Democrats that if they are looking for another candidate, “they need to get over it.” Behind the headlines while the quarterbacks’ posture and preen, the battle …
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 …