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".
April 23, 2021 New Orleans Talking to Margot Bloomstein was quite a bit out of my lane, but I like to think I’m still educable. I had been hooked by an email where she seemed to be slamming Victoria Secret to their knees and kicking them in the guts, according to her publicist. The company …
April 22, 2021 New Orleans I read the headlines in the local paper quickly today. The Pelicans are still having problems: the search for bodies from a downed Gulf workboat came up with one more. A teacher was accused of grooming young girls and raping one at Lusher Middle School in Uptown near the riverbend. …
April 21, 2021 New Orleans The Minneapolis trial of former policeman Derek Chauvin, whose more than nine-minute chokehold killed George Floyd, was a classic case where the jury was confronted by the prosecutor with a version of the famous Richard Pryor line: “Who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes?” …