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 – The huge sigh of relief by Democrats after the midterms could be heard across the country. There was no red wave. It wasn’t as bad as many expected. The House was lost only narrowly, and by less than usual in a mid-term election, and the Senate was not only held, but improved …
New Orleans The rightwing, Republican posturing around voting has really officially gone from the ridiculous to the absurd. This is shadowboxing to appease the base. Nothing more. I vote by mail in Louisiana. Why not? I travel regularly. We vote on Saturdays. If I didn’t vote by mail, I would be trying to …
New Orleans Since 2019, the Voter Purge Project, a partnership between ACORN International, Labor Neighbor Research & Training Center, and the Ohio Voter Project, have embraced the tedious, but essential, task of processing the pure voter lists produced by election officials around the country and distributed by Secretaries of State. At this point, …