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 This is not a story of letting “no good deed go unpunished,” though it may seem a wee bit like that. It’s really more a story of “the devil is in the details.” Of course, this is a Katrina story in the long tail from the colossal hurricane that pounded the Gulf …
Pearl River It turns out that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas sold three pieces of property to his rich, donor buddy Harlan Crow, perhaps for more than they were worth. They claim this was to be some kind of memorial to where Thomas had lived, but there’s been no progress on that, and, even if …
New Orleans Charles Blow, a columnist for the New York Times wrote an interesting column the other day on President Biden’s prospects for winning a second term. His angle was interesting. He talked to three veteran campaigners who had made their chops running winning campaigns for Carter, Clinton, and Obama. They joined me in …