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 Ok, bear with me, even if this won’t be exactly what you were expecting. There’s a new bi-monthly journal of very long articles about a lot of very different things. I’ll stay away from the culture and art, about which I know little, but the New Voyager is very intentionally devoted …
Marble Falls Sitting in the KABF studio office yesterday, the Local 100 staff was borrowing their conference table for a meeting with some of the City of Little Rock stewards. There are more elections on the upcoming calendar than just the federal ones, so after talking about the local races the conversation drifted …
Marble Falls With the Brazilian vote count 100% complete, the headlines echo the news of Lula da Silva’s come from behind victory for a record fourth term as president of Brazil. Since democracy was restored, this is not only a record number of terms, but the first time someone has come from a …