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 Yeah, yeah, Trump is on trial. We all know that. He’s logging another historical marker as the first president to ever face a criminal trial. It’s a hometown crowd for him, but a place where he won’t find as many friendly faces in the jury from a pool of his neighbors …
New Orleans It’s fascinating to watch the cultural czars twist themselves into pretzels trying to align the power plays of Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, the two reigning queens of popular music, with their tastes and biases. These two singing sisters have a huge fan base, and they know how to use them, which …
Pearl River In typical fashion, James O’Keefe’s rightwing fake news operation, Project Veritas, couldn’t get it right. The old line is that “rats flee a sinking ship.” As Project Veritas went down, under the weight of O’Keefe’s many scandals, lawsuits, extravagant and entitled spending, and general narcissism, to right the ship, rather than recruit …