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 Being a federal worker, once upon a time, as recently as months ago, was a good gig. It was a stable job with regular hours, good benefits, decent wages, and real stability, especially compared to the dog-eat-dog nature of the private sector. It was a job that met aspirations and provided security. …
New Orleans Supposedly, the opposition to Trump and Musk’s wholesale attack on all levels of government, disregarding the needs and well-being of the American people and public servants, is in disarray and divided as pundits observe the Democratic Party. That may be true, but it seems that protests of different kinds are busting out …
Pearl River It seems like it was from another time completely, but remember with me the extravaganza that Amazon manufactured in the competition between cities across the United States as locations for their second headquarters. Cities went crazy. Proposals of all kinds, deep with money and other incentives, went flying out of city halls …