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 Under the byline in a recent article about water shortages in Kansas and other states, it mentioned that the reporter was filing from Garden City. We’d driven through the town, moving back and forth across the west. Once upon a time, nothing would have been written about or from Garden City that …
Little Rock Former US Senator James Abourezk from South Dakota was a different kind of politician on a score of counts. Being the first Arab-American to be elected to that body certainly would be on the list. Being the first person elected who was raised on an Indian reservation, the Rosebud, should be noted. Deciding …
Marble Falls One of the classic ACORN caveats was always, “if you live by the press, you’ll die by the press.” This was always a reminder that our base always came first and last, so that we should never be distracted by external attacks – or praise and press clippings – but should always …