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 Oh, mercy, save us from Trump’s SAVE Act, which is all about restricting access to the ballot, fixing things that are not broken, and maintaining power in the hands of the minority, rather than the majority. Currently, amid a flurry of preposterous threats by Trump, the bill is bottled up in Congress, …
New Orleans Trump continues to call for nationalizing the US election procedures, despite the fact that he has surely been advised that the constitution makes it clear that election rules are generally the province of state governments, not federal action or presidential dictate. Beating this drum does send a message to his sycophants …
San Francisco Visiting the California Bay Area on my annual spring multi-meeting tour, unsurprisingly, the new Trump administration, its operations, excesses, and follies invariably sucked up no small amount of conversation. Nonetheless, life goes on, even as heads shake with everyone waiting for the next shoe to fall. Reading the tea leaves, there’s …