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".
Santa Marta, Columbia It turns out that it’s not easy, according to some claims, even in this time of great inequity to manufacture elites, even in super selective universities and the vaunted Ivy League colleges based in the United States. There’s no question that the glide path to the elite, if you’re rich or …
Santa Marta One vote was for birds. Done. One was for fish. They were on their way. Another vote was for our classic visit to a botanical garden. Mi companera and I pushed off for Jardín Botánico de Cartagena “Guillermo Piñeres”, a bit more than an hour away, it seemed from Google Maps, …
Cartagena After several cups of coffee and a quick breakfast, our crew jumped in a car early on Christmas morning to navigate our way to the Baru peninsula, jutting out from Cartagena into the Caribbean Sea. We knew it would take us more than an hour, but we were hoping with an early start, …