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 There seems to be a day for almost everything in these days and times, and my inbox was flooded with notices about a new day, at least to me, which is National Voter Registration Day. Heck, why not?!? It does seem an exercise against the wind. With the right’s drumbeat of …
New Orleans If the Congressional investigation committee, the so-called January 6th committee, chaired by Mississippi Representative Bennie Thompson, is even half-right, this whole matter of former President Trump and the Capitol assault has now transcended partisan politics and score settling. This matter has now become a matter of protecting the country and any …
May 22, 2022 Pearl River We all know the warning: don’t poke the bear. Most of us don’t have much of a chance to put that warning into practice, because we aren’t near bears. Those of us who do run into them from time to time, take it to heart. The Georgia legislature may …