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".
Pearl River Wade’s World, my weekly radio show, usually focuses on organizing, politics, and whatever else might come across my desk or cause some brainwaves to heat up for me. One of the bookers and public relations people who pitches me from time to time knew I would have trouble saying no to talking …
Pearl River For over fifty years, since 1972, the United States and Russia have curtailed their nuclear ambitions and stockpiles by the terms of a treaty. That’s over now. Let the proliferation begin. Both countries have indicated plans to put nukes in new places. Equally scary is the fact that now it’s nuke …
New Orleans Maybe it’s one of those times when the right thing happens, even if for the wrong reasons. I’m not sure. It reminds me of playing pool in pickup games, when I was first learning the game in my ill-spent youth. Sometimes a misdirected shot would end up dropping several balls in …