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".
Chicago Since Trump returned to office, a key administrative priority has been eliminating programs that trumped diversity, equity, and inclusion, more commonly known by the abbreviation, DEI. They have had much success. There have been notable exceptions, but most corporations have bent the knee and kissed the ring, not surprisingly since the vast majority …
New Orleans Norman Mailer, the famed novelist and journalist of the last century, was a king-sized narcissist. He once wrote a book, brashly and honestly, entitled Advertisements for Myself. Who knows how he thought that would work out? Trump must have crossed paths with him in the big city at some point or …
San Francisco Running from meeting to meeting, traveling from airport to airport, I was missing the headlines that might have scrolled past my screen, until calling home. Mi companera immediately asked if I was following the Cornell University story. Answering in the negative, I was sternly brought up to date. The condemnation of …