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 Five weeks after Hurricane Ida hit the city on the anniversary of Katrina’s arrival, August 29th, we are still in recovery, though we have made progress. Elections were postponed, but they are coming in another month or so. Garbage is starting to be picked up. Branches and other trash may …
New Orleans It may be high-low bargaining, but at least progressives played their hands powerfully in order to get to try to get to the maximum number on Biden’s so-called social services infrastructure bill, retailed at $3.5 trillion. Pramila Jayapal, Democratic Congresswoman from Seattle, and head of the 100-member Progressive Caucus in the …
Pearl River Finally, a reason for progressive-minded students to stay in college, whether they are learning anything in the university or not: they can help the athletes organize a union or at least win their rights as workers! The General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) fired a shot across the bow …