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 There are clear lessons in the first ten days of Trump II. Most people who run for the top office in the United States at least pretend it’s because they want to achieve some aspirational goal. Power comes with the victory, but most don’t run simply because they want to exercise …
Pearl River While I was busy with the plumber and minding broken pipes left over from our recent and historic snowstorm and cold snap on the Gulf Coast, things were popping in the neighborhood over plans to build affordable housing. My son was handling radio business in Arkansas, but the rest of our tribe …
New Orleans Recently we looked a misinformation. In the same way that some programs, institutions, and people are putting their heads now in duck-and-cover maneuvers calling diversity “belonging,” climate change is now “extreme weather,” and for some misinformation is better labelled as “rumors.” Maybe that’s right. We can argue about what we understand …