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".
Coyocan Trump’s idea of a Christmas present for his base is a dozen Tomahawks fired from a Navy ship in the Gulf of Guinea, striking two Islamic State camps in Nigeria’s Sokoto State. Supposedly, the rational for this action in Africa is a story being pushed by his Christian nationalist base that the Nigerian …
New Orleans One year into Trump 2.0, he’s gaining speed on his sled down the mountain. “A Washington Post average of national polls so far in December found that 39 percent of Americans approve of the job Trump is doing, compared with 57 percent who disapprove. On the economy in particular, the average …
New Orleans When you think about cowboys, you have to be careful how you apply this to the White House. There was Ronald Reagan, riding a horse on his California ranch. We had George W. Bush cutting brush for fun and exercise on his Texas ranch. They were both one kind of wannabe …