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 – The huge sigh of relief by Democrats after the midterms could be heard across the country. There was no red wave. It wasn’t as bad as many expected. The House was lost only narrowly, and by less than usual in a mid-term election, and the Senate was not only held, but improved …
New Orleans – This is all complicated stuff, but it smells to high heaven. The simple truth is that it adds another nail in the coffin to the pretense that many nonprofit tax-exempt hospitals care two cents about the poor, who they claim – and are obliged by their tax benefits – to serve. The latest …
New Orleans – No doubt about it, the Republican rump caucus is up to no good once any of us take a good look at their long-term objectives, which basically pretend the US can be dialed back to the 1950s or before. Giving the devils their due though, I have to admit that some …