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 Some of this media handwringing by reporters about the alleged absence of leaders of what they call the left is actually amusing. Their real complaint is that they don’t have some ready person they can call for quotes on their stories and puff up as a leader, whether or not the …
New Orleans I’m a fan of Zeynep Tufekci, a professor specializing in studying social movements and more recently a sometimes columnist for the New York Times. Regularly, she has been spot-on in her analysis of the real factors behind movements. She doesn’t worship at the throne of social media as a substitute for …
New Orleans For younger Americans, there may be a significant re-evaluation of whether owning a home is part of the so-called “American dream.” There are a lot of reasons for revising such personal goals of course, including high interest rates, even if they are falling now; student loans, even if President Biden continues to …