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 One study after another indicates that due to financial constraints, and likely political division, the teaching of civics in American schools has plummeted. For my part, having taken civics and public speaking as electives in junior high school opened my eyes to the world around me on one hand and helped me …
Pearl River I know it seems like I’ve gone down a black hole and seem to be seeing various forms of repression everywhere I look these days, but I’m just dealing with the facts compared to some of my compatriots who see vast conspiracies at ever turn. Just as one example of how crazy …
Pearl River The “bombs bursting in air” signals a horror now in Ukraine, Palestine, the Sudan, and way too many places, but in the US, it means firecrackers for Independence Day. The only relief is that it sounds like guns are being fired, and it’s hit the ground time, but it’s only cherry bombs …