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 Sometimes I have to wonder, “what are they thinking?” Reading about the political shenanigans that began with Texas Governor Abbott and have now been picked up by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and maybe soon by Arizona’s Republican governor as well are a headscratcher for me. They …
New Orleans Some great news for a change: the United States hit a record low rate of poverty with a decrease from 9.2% at that level to 7.8%, according to the Supplemental Poverty Measure that pretty much counts everything from all governmental aid to wages and so forth. Additionally, child poverty was only …
New Orleans Many of us have become cynical about the big money in US election campaigns and all of the schemes used by the superrich, corporations, and special interests to flood the zone with cash. There’s dark money. There’s weird foundation scams like the recent $1.6 billion stock sale donation for the Republicans. …