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".
Pearl River Having been to one or two events at the Clinton Presidential Center over the years, I get their regular emails on events of one kind or another. Having recently read, Terry Brandon’s Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope: A Tragic Vision of the Civil Rights Movement, I was reminded how important the perspective of …
Pearl River The ship is sinking. There’s blood in the water. Soon they will be pulling the lifeboats out. In short, this is what the polling numbers from new surveys by both the Times and the Post are showing for the Trump push to autocracy. We can predict that the White House talking heads …
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 …