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 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, …
Nairobi I’m glad I’m not a handicapper trying to make the final call on the direction of US politics these days, because we’re almost in the tea leaves and astrology space in trying to sort out where we stand over the coming months. For all the headlines, doom casting, and hand wringing, the polls …
Nairobi The Secret Service, FBI, and most Americans that still resist various strains of conspiracy theories remain mystified about the motivations of the young, twenty-year-old shooter in Pennsylvania who attempted to assassinate former President Trump at a rally in the state. He killed and was killed, so the odds are that we will never …