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".
May 27, 2022 Buffalo River When Obamacare, or more appropriately the Affordable Care Act, was passed a dozen years ago in 2010, part of the promise was that at some later time corrections would be made once experience revealed gaps and errors. There was also an implicit assurance that over time, polarization would …
May 26, 2022 Little Rock France has a reputation for tolerance and liberalism, advanced social programs and elegant manners. The reputation and the reality are two different things. The recent elections produced a somewhat moderate final count while demonstrating the strength of the rapidly advancing conservative right-wing forces. France, sadly, seems so American, wine …
May 25, 2022 Marble Falls I’ve driven through Uvalde, Texas. Uvalde is a nice quiet Texas Hill country town. I’ve walked around the town square and looked at the statue of John Nance Garner III. He was a Vice-President under Franklin Delano Roosevelt for eight years from 1933 to 1941 and Speaker of …