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".
Cartagena Book bans soared in 2024. According to the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, “more than 4,000 unique titles were challenged in public and school libraries in 2023, the most the group has recorded since it began tracking censorship efforts.” For whatever reason, conservatives have been on a tear to police …
Pearl River Jim Lynch, a one-time ACORN staffer back in the day and a long-time KABF board member, sent me the obituary in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette on Pat House’s passing at 94 years of age. Pat was a long-time comrade and friend of our organizations back to the very beginning in 1970 and …
Helena, Arkansas We were up and out before 5am. This was my monthly trip to Arkansas, but it was going to come with a twist. We were going to stop on the way in Helena West Helena, Arkansas to finally meet Andrew Bagley, publisher and editor of the Helena World. I had been talking …