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 A United States Attorney General appoints special counsels to investigate situations where independence is required and expected, so that the results can be presented to the public within a nonpartisan framework. Sometimes the results end up in a court proceeding. Sometimes they find no harm, no foul. In all instances, there’s …
Cartagena The whole shutdown the government thing in the United States is a serious problem, but for the public it’s becoming another case of crying wolf too many times. As people dial down for the holidays and are wrapping their presents, or just taking a breather, they weren’t changing the channels from Hallmark movies …
New Orleans Western North Carolina never expected the aftermath of a hurricane was going to wreak havoc throughout their region and its communities. The night the waters were rising as the rain continued to fall, I was talking a to woman who was the station manager of a small, low-power station in Ashville. …