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 When I saw the headline, I cringed. I knew trouble was coming. What were they thinking?!? House Speaker wannabe, Kevin McCarthy, had only weeks earlier caught a bit of heat hinting that if Republicans took control of Congress the virtually unanimous support for the Ukrainian efforts to resist the Russian invasion …
New Orleans Until recently, I don’t recall hearing the term “gaslighting,” but now it seems like it crops up everywhere. I’d read that the concept was resuscitated from a theatrical play in the 30’s and an Ingrid Bergman movie called Gas Light in the 40’s, but none of that helped me with …
Pearl River Sitting on a dock by Cowen Bayou, only less than a mile from Pearl River, I’m only about 20-miles from Kiln, Mississippi in Hancock County. Favre is a big name in this area. The front page of the Sea Coast Echo had a story about Eddie Favre, the county administrator retiring after …