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".
Pearl River Reading the papers and following the news wherever you find it, there’s a long of handwringing and clutching of pearls over whether or not Trump and the administration are planning to try to steal the upcoming US midterm elections. Not being able to read minds, I won’t say, but even if some …
Pearl River Once upon a time, Florida was a battleground state. Now it is allegedly blood-red thanks to the project of Governor Ron DeSantis and concerted Republican organizing. DeSantis took a swing at running for president in 2024, and went down quickly the same way, swinging wildly. He has made Florida a laboratory for …
New Orleans I hardly know which old saw to retrieve here? Is it a case of pointing out, as our mothers used to tell us, that we’re judged “by the company we keep” or is a situation where the “fruit doesn’t roll far from the tree.” Either would probably work in a wild …