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".
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? …
Marble Falls There’s no question that President Biden’s announcement that he would not be a candidate in the coming election, his endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris, and her surge over the last two weeks has totally altered the US presidential campaign. The reaction from many sectors and large parts of the Democratic …
Marble Falls In puzzling out the big city, New Yorker Donald Trump and his appeal, there’s some interest in the media and in the mainstream about what’s up with rural America. Is this the “real” America, as some conservatives claim, or is this just the hotbed of the left-behinds and white Christian nationalists, …