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 I liked President Biden’s position when he was refusing to bargain with the Republican Freedom Caucus dominated proposals from the House of Representatives. Showed grit. It probably wasn’t hard to say in the early days of this standoff, when their demands then and now were essentially that he hands over his …
New Orleans Many are looking at the wealth transfer in America in coming years from baby boomers to their heirs as the largest in history, given the trillions of dollars that generation holds now. Unsurprisingly, given the current state of social and political affairs, this transfer is likely to exacerbate inequality, rather than …
New Orleans The ongoing dog pile at Project Veritas, the Frankenstein vanity project of rightwing video-scammer James O’Keefe, continues unabated. It’s hard not to enjoy a good thing. None of that is to say that O’Keefe won’t try to resurrect himself in the all-forgiving ecosystem of the right, but the mountain that he’ll …