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".
July 14, 2021 New Orleans Senate Democrats put a new ante on the table in the high stakes poker game being played in Congress where tens of millions of Americans stand to be big winners or more deeply disillusioned. Matching President Biden’s requests, the number is $3.5 trillion, so that when coupled with the …
New Orleans A nonpartisan research organization found that 37% of nonvoters in the midterms were 18 to 29 years old compared with just 12% of those who voted. More than half of the nonvoters or 55% make less than $50,000 compared with 34% of voters, and only 20% of nonvoters have a college degree, less …
New Orleans With the midterm election fading into the rearview mirror, somehow it is becoming clearer than it was the morning after the votes were counted. What began as a significant, though perhaps modest, victory with the Democratic takeover of the House of Representatives, with each new result and analysis seems more along the lines …
New Orleans Just when Halloween was over, we have to live through another ghost story. As a distraction, some publicity hounds are drooling over speculation that Hillary Clinton could run for President in 2020, and even more improbably, would win the nomination. This is what happens when too many people start watching movie and television …
Sheridan It’s a tough time to be a commentator, pundit, or general political wizard. It must be like walking a tightrope. They know it’s scary when they start walking the wire and have to wonder if they’ll made it to the other side. Take for example a long piece in the press about the continuing …