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 Louisiana has been able to push 20% of its SNAP or food stamp recipients from the program, according to USDA reports for the year thus far. As most must know by now, the Trump Big Bad Budget Bill continued tax breaks for the rich that was funded by projections of the …
New Orleans Living in the USA, I’m so sick of reading about Trump, Cornell, Iran, and more that stumbling on a story with a happy ending seems like a gift in itself. Surprisingly there was one in the New York Times, of all places. It starts in sadness, of course. A New York …
New Orleans I’ve already admitted that I have trouble continuing to read about this Jane Doe Cornell tragedy. The details are revolting. If it were up to me, I’d avoid them, but there’s no safe harbor at home, where there is a constant refrain demanding that attention must be paid and action by …