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 These are the facts. Renee Nicole Good, 37-year-old Minneapolis woman, was shot and killed by an immigration agent in the city in her car. That much is certain. From that point though, the tragedy is compounded by claim after another infected by malevolence and injustice. Videos seem to show Good driving …
New Orleans With one death and one resignation, the Republican majority in the US House of Representatives has dropped to 218. There are 435 seats in the House, giving them a one-vote margin right now. Georgia is scheduling a special election to recover one seat, but another shutdown vote comes within weeks, so …
New Orleans While Trump pretends he is saving Latin America, Greenland, and other places where he wants to plant the US flag, and presumably his brand, his war on the poor in America has reached new, unconscionable extremes. In recent weeks he has blocked childcare funds from Minnesota, as he tried to exploit …