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 new rules for Medicaid recipients mandated in Trump’s Big Bad Budget Bill go into full effect on January 1, 2027, including the 80-hour work or volunteer requirement. Many states are already in the process of changing the rules and enrollment procedures, because in addition to the rule changes the federal …
New Orleans Mardi Gras is a huge tourism event for New Orleans, just as it is for Rio de Janeiro, and increasingly the entire Gulf Coast all the way to Mobile, Alabama. I’m not going to begrudge this broke-ass section of the United States a chance to breakeven or make a dollar or …
New Orleans I often find myself defending the city and state where I vote, when outsiders and transplants insinuate that there is appalling, deep seated corruption here. I usually point out that indictments are notoriously political, and Louisiana is a crazy political state and has been for generations. Actual convictions are less common …