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 Doing Wade’s World for the last more than a dozen years on KABF, WAMF, KEUD, and the other stations supported by AM/FM, week in and out, 52 times per year, you wear the weight of the calendar. One thing I learned to appreciate in a bit of surprise is some of …
Marble Falls Everywhere we look these days in the United States, we are dealing in one way or another with a two-track economy. On hand, inflation is biting already strained paychecks as food, utility, housing and other basic goods and services from rent to healthcare continue to see price hikes. On the other, …
Marble Falls Four years of war in Ukraine over the Russian offensive is without a doubt four years too many. Peace is essential, but at what price? There are now headlines about various negotiating initiatives seeking to achieve peace, although with very limited transparency over the details, and many that have emerged look …