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 Once upon a time, before Trump that is, the qualifications for running for political office were straight forward. You needed to be a citizen of a certain age, depending on the office you were seeking, and in some cases, you needed to have been born in the United States, as Elon …
New Orleans What a great early summer weekend in America! Father’s Day on Sunday, family all together, canoeing on the bayou, eating bacon with our hands, and making memories. Oh, and before that we had the battle of the band marches, one in Washington, DC, and the other seemingly everywhere across the country. …
Pearl River The funny thing about power is that it is never absolute. Even when you have a lot of it and want more, having power is predicated on the base. What goes around, eventually does come around, if the rich and powerful forget about or neglect the base. They have to have significant …