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 humorist David Sedaris, writing in a recent number of The New Yorker, spoke whimsically about how his mornings have changed from Trump-Time where he devoured the news and refreshed websites to steel himself against the daily horror to now in Biden-World where he glances at the headlines and has returned …
New Orleans In Covid-country over the last eighteen months, the mascot of the nursing home industry has been the bearded figure of the Grim Reaper, scythe in hand. Almost one-third of the USA coronavirus deaths have been experienced by residents of nursing homes. Not surprisingly, there are calls for reform, but sometimes it is …
New Orleans The delta variant of the coronavirus is earthshaking at this point. The Jazz Festival in New Orleans, which rivals Mardi Gras as a cultural and economic event in the city, was canceled for the second straight year. Businesses, artists, and the city itself are reeling. Our Fair Grinds Coffeehouse is only blocks …