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 Am I the only one who has noticed that a lot of the culture war markers that conservatives are laying down these days are largely performative and little more than political theater. That’s not to say the fact that this is what they believe gets traction with their base isn’t scary, but …
New Orleans Of all the surprises of this election season, one of the biggest to me has been the conservative effort to overtly subjugate women. In general, I’m not surprised to find that the right wants to put women in the kitchen-cage and the maternity ward, but to move this from a constant undercurrent …
Marble Falls I’m afraid that I’m living in an alternate political reality. Everything I read, from the Trumpers to mainstream media, tells me that as a progressive, I’ve mysteriously gone from marginal to powerful. How and why did this happen, and how come I don’t have more to show for it, if it’s true? …