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 headline includes the words, “…Orange County as Harbinger of 2022 Midterms” in the New York Times. I’m not sure whether my father would be laughing his butt off or screaming at the winds of change, but I know one thing: he would have been scratching his head in total surprise. How …
New Orleans As the fog clears, I’m going to beat this drum once again about the outrageous scam called Opportunity Zones that were part and parcel of the Trump tax giveaway and in this case were done in the name and off the backs of the poor. My blood was back on boiling …
New Orleans Remember James O’Keefe, the video-scammer, rouge editor, spy poser, convicted miscreant, and damages payer? Probably not, although certainly given the damage he wrought to ACORN in the USA a dozen years ago, I can’t forget or forgive him. He and his misnamed Project Veritas were rightwing darlings in the time of …