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".
Buffalo River The Buffalo River is an undammed and undaunted stretch of water for more than 130 miles in Northwest Arkansas. It was the first river to be a designated as a National Park in 1964. It bends and riffles in the middle portion where we had set our sights along high granite …
May 28, 2022 Buffalo River Every Friday our union staff gets together on a group conference call to compare notes, count the numbers, and collaborate on problems in our various offices and units across Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. Our most recent call was missing Toney Orr, our field director, so I was presiding. …
May 14, 2022 Pearl River Every once in a while, we have a close call on radio world which keeps everything exciting, even as it underlines the power that comes with access and control of the airwaves. A public relations flak sent out one of the hundreds of pitches I get every month for …