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 SLAPP or Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation lawsuits are not a new corporate tactic to stop various campaigns, nonprofits, advocacy groups, and membership organizations from exercising their right and duty to protest against adverse corporate practices and developments. Such suits have been filed in the United States for decades at this point. …
New Orleans A plausible summary on global public policies to deal with climate change would boil down to a lot of talk that produces little real action. At least that was my takeaway in reading about the German-based Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change’s analysis of 1500 climate policies in …
New Orleans Am I the only one who has noticed that a lot of the culture war markers that conservatives are laying down these days are largely performative and little more than political theater. That’s not to say the fact that this is what they believe gets traction with their base isn’t scary, but …