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".
May 23, 2021 Pearl River Demographers are now saying that by the middle of the 21st century there will be more deaths globally than births. The replacement rate is 2.1 children per family and many countries are already falling below that rate. South Korea is below 1.0 now. Even China and India are dealing with …
March 29, 2021 New Orleans Near the top of the list of fundamental social changes over the last fifty years has been the improved role of women in society. The gains in the workplace, though still inadequate, have been sweeping, as wage gaps continue to narrow and barriers to jobs from soldier to science …
New Orleans You may have missed the fact that welfare reform was on the priority list for the new Congress as it took office in Washington. You may not have noticed all the signs at the Women’s March there and elsewhere demanding improvements in welfare benefits for women trying to raise children in the current …