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 How times change. President Eisenhower in his farewell famously warned us of the insidious power of the “military-industrial complex.” President Biden in his swan song warned us about the emergence of oligarchy. Given the dearth of civic education these days, the Washington Post even thought it necessary to run a short course …
New Orleans Now that the candidates for the US presidential election are no longer presumed, but set firmly in concrete, the fight will be ratcheting up to win voter support. Interestingly, in such a divided country with such well-known and established candidates, the undecided voters are likely few, making the nonvoters critical to the …
New Orleans Two weeks is a pretty good vacation in the real world, so I guess we should be happy that we got a brief break from screaming headlines about the dysfunction of the US House of Representatives, and it’s Republican majority’s constant contention and chaos. Unfortunately, here it comes again, with only …