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 In the onslaught of executive orders coming out of the White House since Trump returned as President of the United States, it’s easy to miss some of the slings and arrows being thrown at the American people, its workers, and public servants. Somehow, I had taken my eyes of the ball …
New Orleans Freedom of information has become one of the bedrock fundamentals of democratic government around the world. In the United States, open records or freedom of information laws have been critical for decades for journalists and regular citizens trying to access any data or information from governments, local, state, and federal, on …
New Orleans There are university professors and philosophers who specialize in ethics. It turns out that for many, especially politicians and governmental big whoops, ethics is purely a philosophical concept having no relation to reality. Ethics are synonym for rationalizations. It turns out that it is acceptable in public parlance, because without accountability, …