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".
Pearl River There’s no good way to say this: diversity, equity, and inclusion for Americans is broadly under attack politically, economically, and academically. Unless something blocks this assault, the tremendous gains from Black Lives Matter to #MeToo, and decades of work may be wiped out. So-called DEI efforts are not eroding with steady drops …
New Orleans Truth is stranger than fiction, but sometimes reality copies fantasy. I couldn’t help thinking about this while reading the news of an assassination of a healthcare executive. Unbelievably, the Brain Thompson, the 50-year-old CEO of United Healthcare, the giant US-based health insurer was gunned down and killed. This didn’t happen in …
New Orleans For all the talk from conservatives about strangling the government in a bathtub and similar hyperboles, as well as the Elon Musk project to starve a lot of it to near death life-support level, the reality is that a competent and efficient government is critical in all countries, perhaps especially the United …