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 It may be April showers bringing May flowers in the rest of the country, but in New Orleans April is mid-to-late spring with summer starting to crowd into the calendar with early complaints about humidity, temperatures in mid-80s, and air conditioners starting to hum and roar in the background. Morning are mild …
New Orleans As Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis leapfrog each other in trying to push voters into engaging the culture wars, red state governors and legislators are rushing to line up. I wonder if this is really going to work out for them with the voters in the way they are hoping? For …
New Orleans I’m yawning. The Trump arraignment on 34 counts of criminal activity by the prosecutor in New York City was a nonevent. Anti-Trumpers outshouted pro-Trumpers, so wake me up when it’s over. The most interesting political news right now was the election of an African-American former union organizer as the mayor of Chicago …