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".
Little Rock Here’s an interesting issue that will increasingly become part of the public and private conflict around the polarizing issues of the pandemic: who pays for Covid-19 tests? Underneath the issue of mandates around masks and vaccination, testing is still vital. Often it is the twin in the either-or when workers and others …
Washington, DC In politics there is always tomorrow, not necessarily for the same candidate or party, but the people will be served after a fashion, and the positions will be filled. In this election, the peoples’ favorite wasn’t the reconstruction of the “blue wall” of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, not matter how fragile or temporary, …
New Orleans Joe Biden is president. Donald Trump has lost. Some believe a four-year nightmare has ended. Perhaps, but Trump will not go quietly into the night. Maybe he shouldn’t. Maybe that’s a good thing for the rest of us, hoping and working for social change. Trump won’t dominate the news cycle in the …
New Orleans The election news and the lessons buried underneath the votes will continue to emerge, likely with better focus in coming weeks and months, but there are some voter verdicts that speak to some doors closing and some opening. Trigger warning: it’s a mixed bag of good and bad news. For the more …
New Orleans This is Election Day in the USA. Polls are open. I’m calling this election decisively for former Vice-President Joe Biden, making President Donald Trump the loser. I’ve worked and worried about this election for months and years, but all the signs I see, and many that have concerned me in the past, …