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".
Little Rock There are so many battle lines on the Trump offensive against the American people and the government, but it’s hard not to see a central theme being an attack on the poor and workers. Workers have gotten more of the headlines with the layoffs and attempted firings of tens of thousands of …
Amsterdam Yes, the harm from Trump’s petulant barrage of tariffs is very bad. Yes, snatching people with valid visas off the streets seems other worldly, and absolutely not the America we knew and loved. Yes, mass deportations without rhyme or reason to heinous prisons in El Salvador are outrageous, including the play-pretend of administration …
Paris This is definitely new. Having a US president welcome a recession is unique, especially after the Biden term where we read, almost daily, about the efforts to avoid one or find a “soft landing,” whatever that might have been. Now in the Trump version of the “end times,” we’re expected to embrace …