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 You may have heard that the political primary season is now before us, with upcoming events in Iowa and New Hampshire. Both parties have these primaries, but on the Democratic side, it’s mainly a yawn with an incumbent president in the lists and no longer front these two states. On the …
New Orleans Over the years, I’ve put a lot of miles on airplanes. About a million and a half on United alone, along with hundreds of thousands on American and Delta, and then a bunch on random carriers around the world. I listen and do what they say, but I also keep my …
New Orleans The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy for the last seven years has done an annual report based on a distributional analysis of state taxation policies. It’s terribly depressing reading, not because this nonprofit doesn’t do an excellent job, but because their conclusions take away any hope states are offering a …