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".
Brussels Karl Rove was the consiglieri for the Bush branch of the Republican Party. He’s hardly the bellwether for the MAGA brand or a Trump fanboy, but his regular column in the Wall Street Journal gives him a big platform to business, Washington, and the political class in general. He’s a partisan, but he’s …
New Orleans DEI, or diversity, equity, and inclusion, has become a contentious piece of language welded to the conservative attack on “woke” culture. It’s a hard flag to fly right now, and hasn’t been easy in the past either. As a rough substitute for “affirmative action,” which was even more controversial and didn’t …
Pearl River The last of the original Freedom Riders passed away. The obituary in the New York Times told the dramatic, violent story of the price Charles Person, his comrades, and many others were prepared to pay to fundamental social and racial change in America. Life teaches lessons, and Person’s life teaches lessons that …