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 Frequently, we bat around the terms “chilling” and “prior restraint,” when observing actions by governments, corporations, the super rich and others attempting to bully their way forward, suppress speech, or intimidate resistance. We trumpet from the roof beams the need to resist, stand up, protect our values, save democracy, and whatever, …
Ocean Springs Congress in the first recission or clawback of a legislatively approved appropriation since 1999 under President Clinton canceled $9 billion in funding for foreign aid, which included more than one-billion for public broadcasting, targeting NPR and PBS. Defunding public broadcasting has been on the conservative wish list since the Nixon administration. Republican …
Marble Falls Despite the daily Chief Organizer’s Report and the Peoples’ Daily News, I carry around some random items that aren’t enough for a full report and don’t fit well anywhere, but at the same time seem worth sharing, even if not quite priceless. Today, here are some examples of such odds and …