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".
Little Rock Northwest Arkansas is a curious contradiction. Fifty years ago, it was an outlier in the state. Sure, the big university was in Fayetteville up there, but to get there meant leaving the interstate near Fort Smith and hoping you weren’t caught on the pig trails going north behind an 18-wheeler with feathers …
Little Rock Yes, I know the guest list for Jeff Bezos’ wedding to LA TV host Lauren Sanchez is this weekend has not been published yet, so you’re wondering? Where was your invitation? Were any of us invited? Well, it was probably well-known that Local 100’s Leadership Conference was scheduled for this weekend in …
New Orleans In a shocking surprise to many veteran politicos and Democratic stalwarts, Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year old New York state representative and self-proclaimed democratic socialist, emerged as the clear leader in the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City, winning by many miles over former governor Andrew Cuomo among other established …