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".
Heerlen On the train from Amsterdam to Heerlen, I saw the alert. Super-duper Republican conservative and US Senate tactician, Mitch McConnell from Kentucky will step down at the of this term as Republican Majority leader, the longest serving in history. Normally, there would be dancing in the streets back in the US of A, …
New Orleans In the wake of the Roe v. Wade reversal under the more recent Dobbs decision by the Supreme Court, the forces for women’s right to choose versus the anti-abortionists are playing out politically and in other ways throughout the country. Politically, it’s a hot button issue that has even red states …
New Orleans One of the things the pandemic brought way too many of us which still lingers as a factor, if not a force, in our lives and work is Zoom, where too many of us – or maybe it’s just me – have a love-hate relationship. I’m not saying Zoom isn’t valuable. …