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 Not all bizarre news is about the presidential election, especially in what passes for modern warfare. We’ve been amazed at the use of drones by both sides in Ukraine. Now, pagers were detonated in Lebanon as an Israeli strike against Hezbollah, killing a dozen and injuring close to 3000. First, I should explain …
New Orleans Not every state still enjoys the Progressive Era reform that embedded the initiative and referendum process in local and state politics in many US political jurisdictions. The preponderance of these systems exists in the West and South. The purpose of these democratic participation tools is to allow citizens to bring forward measures …
New Orleans I got kind of excited recently when I stumbled on a proposed amendment to the city charter that memorialize the rights of city workers in New Orleans to unionize and collectively bargain. There’s a backstory, of course. Our union had won an election to represent all but a couple of city departments …