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".
Pearl River I’ve stumbled onto another term for the current Trump attack on the US government: “whacking the beehive.” I’m not sure if this is original to the editor of The New Yorker or not, but it seems an accurate description of the current strategy and tactics that Trump II has initiated in …
New Orleans There are clear lessons in the first ten days of Trump II. Most people who run for the top office in the United States at least pretend it’s because they want to achieve some aspirational goal. Power comes with the victory, but most don’t run simply because they want to exercise …
New Orleans This is a phrase and a concept unknown to me: “anticipatory obedience.” The whole notion in an American context seems foreign to how the country sees itself and its institutions. How does one square that with the vaunted national self-regard for individualism and independence? I don’t think you can. The phrase …