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".
Marble Falls The Texas legislature is famously hyper partisan now and attracting attention nationally for its efforts to gerrymander some additional congressional districts to help Republicans maintain control of the US House of Representatives. Democrats have threatened to walk out on the effort, but it’s almost a symbolic protest. Several states in the …
Little Rock Many of us are amazed and disgusted with the relentless attack of the Trump administration over its first six months. The devastation would be a longer list than any of us have time to make. The whole enterprise seems grossly illegal. It also just seems completely crazy. Here’s the problem: crazy is …
New Orleans The headlines say that major crime is decreasing throughout the United States and its cities. Crime still has some salience as a political issue, especially promoted by anti-urban, blue-city pundits and politicians on the right. Maybe it’s even true, but it’s hard to say. The FBI reports significant declines. The esteemed, …