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 When a legal election observer says that a recent Supreme Court decision is “likely to be a train wreck for communities of color,” any believer in voting rights has to cringe. I should quickly add, cringe again, because this is just the latest outrage in a series of decisions by the …
Jackson My father was raised at the knee of the Lutheran Church in Orange and Santa Anna, California. My grandfather, when no longer able to work in the orange groves, was the janitor of the Lutheran Church, while they lived literally across the street from the church in Orange. My uncle, his older brother George, …
Marble Falls The guilty conviction of former president, Donald Trump, on all thirty-four counts is huge. No former president has ever been convicted of a felony. The conviction’s impact is unclear, but early indications are that it is moving some voters away from him. Now there is seemingly endless speculation over whether Trump should …