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".
New Orleans In the United States the war is coming home to your state, city, and community and in many cases, it is already in full force. This is the Trump administration’s war on the poor where the bombs detonated in Trump’s Big Bad Budget bill are now exploding as recipients of food …
New Orleans The Vietnam War forged my future every bit as much as it did for soldiers on both sides of the rice patties, not because I was risking death, but I because I was seeking to understand the course of my life. I was forced to decide where I really stood on …
New Orleans No matter how hard I try, I can’t seem to not read way too many of the stories about Trump’s Folly, the US and Israel attack on Iran. I fool myself, as I read, thinking I can figure out what the frick they think they are doing, and how this will …