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 It’s important to believe that the vast majority of public officials are honest and straight forward servants of the common weal. Why do some of them have such a blind spot in this area and such a ready willingness to destroy public trust? Take insider trading for example. The slimmest minority of …
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 …