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 There are clear lessons in the first ten days of Trump II. Most people who run for the top office in the United States at least pretend it’s because they want to achieve some aspirational goal. Power comes with the victory, but most don’t run simply because they want to exercise …
Pearl River One of the major successes of the Biden administration’s handling of the pandemic was the provision in the Covid relief legislation and appropriations in 2020 that required states to maintain Medicaid enrollment under the Affordable Care Act as the quid pro quo to receive additional funding. According to government figures, over 90 …
Pearl River I didn’t want to do this, but I did it for all of you. I read the New York Times conservative columnist faceoff on Ron DeSantis by Ross Douthat and Nikki Haley by David Brooks, as they prepare readers for the Iowa beatdown in the Republican primary caucuses by former President Trump. …