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".
Marble Falls The World Cup soccer game between England and the USA was playing soundlessly in the background while we were shuffling around doing our chores and this and that. For a minute, we all found ourselves sitting or standing around the TV watching the game. It quickly became apparent that, for the …
Marble Falls There was an energy crisis before the current climate-change continual crises during the Jimmy Carter presidency in 1979, more than forty years ago, that was driven by a drop in oil production during the Iranian revolution. President Carter spoke to Americans and the world in his famous “malaise” speech, where he …
Marble Falls How could something called “Black Friday” ever be seen as a good thing? When I hear the phrase, I hear echoes of the stock market crash signaling the Great Depression. I try to remember what terrorist event was connected to those words. I have a little shudder at what seems the …