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".
July 14, 2021 New Orleans Senate Democrats put a new ante on the table in the high stakes poker game being played in Congress where tens of millions of Americans stand to be big winners or more deeply disillusioned. Matching President Biden’s requests, the number is $3.5 trillion, so that when coupled with the …
July 13, 2021 New Orleans In a fantastic development, America’s children are poised to finally benefit from the extraordinary wealth of the country in the biggest development since Roosevelt’s New Deal. The Treasury Department is racing to begin to make payments authorized under President Biden’s stimulus package in a dramatic assault on child poverty. …
July 12, 2021 New Orleans Since the pandemic began, I’ve been canoeing regularly. When I’m in town, I’m on the water three times a week. I’ve gone from two canoes to five, somehow imagining family and friends out on the water with me on some occasion, no matter how unlikely. I paddle regularly on …