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 We have to celebrate election victories when we can. Given the rampaging uncertainty of the US midterms, it was comforting to find one election that came out the way the polls suggested. Admittedly, the election was in Brazil, which may not mean a whole lot to some, but given the size …
New Orleans Phil Allen, Jr. is younger than I am, but he was quick to agree with me when we were talking about Darnella Frazier and her fast phone fingers in Minneapolis. She’s the young woman, now widely recognized, including with a Pulitzer Prize, who had the presence of mind and the dexterity …
Marble Falls In nineteen states and the District of Columbia, recreational marijuana has been legalized. Another five states have the issue on the ballot during the midterms: Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota. You’d think that if you added all of that up, it would look like half of the United …