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 SLAPP or Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation lawsuits are not a new corporate tactic to stop various campaigns, nonprofits, advocacy groups, and membership organizations from exercising their right and duty to protest against adverse corporate practices and developments. Such suits have been filed in the United States for decades at this point. …
New Orleans I don’t use TikTok, but I know it’s hot. I’ve watched one video that one of our nephew’s children put together. It was cute. Supposedly, it was a riff on something else, but I didn’t get the cultural connection, so I was clueless. Here’s what I know from boomerville. For all …
New Orleans Once upon a time, some people used to wonder “how the other half lived.” In 2024, that’s a quaint notion. The common and business culture now has made it all about the fractional. We are forced to read about exploits, politics, purchases, personal affairs, and more of the super small fraction …