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".
June 5, 2021 Pearl River The first bill in the hopper for the current Congress, HR1, would expand voting rights on the federal level and preempt many of the state efforts to suppress voting access and participation, which seems to be a first order priority for many red state legislatures as well. There’s nothing in …
June 4, 2021 New Orleans United Airlines says its going to buy fifteen supersonic jets from some company, assuming that they meet its safety standards. Such jets last roamed the skies in 2003. These will not be ready to air, at best, until 2029. They fly at around 1300 miles per hour. A flight …
June 3, 2021 New Orleans The surging Covid-19 crisis in India is impossible to ignore, even as the US, Britain, and even European Union countries are once again opening up after the pandemic. Ironically, India is also home to some the world’s largest manufacturers of vaccines, so how is it possible that even now as …