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 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 …
New Orleans The one-trillion-dollar infrastructure bill is slowing moving along, inch by inch, in the Senate. The headlines say that the moderates in the center, Republican and Democrat, are holding still. In Louisiana, where the House whip, Steve Scalise, is a constant embarrassment, and one of our US Senators John Kennedy (don’t be …
Pearl River Rich Trumka, head of the AFL-CIO, the largest labor federation in the United States, died suddenly of a likely heart attack on a camping trip with his family at 72 years of age. He had been president of the federation since 2009, when John J. Sweeney retired. He had been Secretary-Treasurer under …