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 As the US Supreme Court ends this term and releases a torrent of decisions before taking off on its European vacation from July through August, I kept looking for the long awaited decision on the constitutionality of Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship. A torrent of decisions was released yesterday. The …
Little Rock I hope Trump, Miller, ICE and all the haters have a great celebration about their Supreme Court’s greenlight for the president to end of temporary protective status for Haitians and Syrians. I’d make a bet this is going to be a case of maybe “they should have been careful about what they …
New Orleans Bill Becker was president of the Arkansas AFL-CIO from 1964 to 1996. He passed away in 1997, shortly after retiring. I met Bill in 1970 in the fall after founding ACORN in Little Rock. I used to drop in and see him every month or so, asking advice, having a cup …