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".
Heerlen On the train from Amsterdam to Heerlen, I saw the alert. Super-duper Republican conservative and US Senate tactician, Mitch McConnell from Kentucky will step down at the of this term as Republican Majority leader, the longest serving in history. Normally, there would be dancing in the streets back in the US of A, …
New Orleans Freedom of information has become one of the bedrock fundamentals of democratic government around the world. In the United States, open records or freedom of information laws have been critical for decades for journalists and regular citizens trying to access any data or information from governments, local, state, and federal, on …
New Orleans I’m starting to like Taylor Swift more, even as I’m super tired of reading about her tour, her romance, and about everything else. It’s more a case of the “enemy of my enemy is my friend” kind of thing. It’s also a situation where it’s all so MAGA conspiracy crazy, that …