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".
Houston I’ve joked for years with comrades and friends about how much of our lives and careers, we’ve practiced law without a license. In organizing unions and community groups, we’re always looking for handles in rules and regulations, little opportunities that might be bent with pressure to favor our constituency, even if unintended. Many …
Pearl River It’s sort of a key rule in life that it’s important to remember, good times and bad today, that there is always tomorrow. These days, I sometimes wonder if anyone in Washington, in the White House, in the various departments and agencies, in this unrestrained attack on institutions, traditions, and norms today, …
Marble Falls Ok, we all know that one of the first wild and crazy executive orders President Trump signed was a shot at the upper deck in the bleachers to end birthright citizenship. It didn’t really matter to him that the Constitution is crystal clear that if you were born here under any …