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".
Heerlen Waking up in southeastern Netherlands, the temperature was 55 degrees Fahrenheit, almost 30 degrees cooler than the predawn when I had walked my dog in New Orleans before flying over for meetings in Heerlen. My computer keeps New Orleans readings, so there were red splotches flashing over 100 when I got off the …
New Orleans We agreed to do a series of two-hour Zoom training sessions on community organizing for a coalition of grassroots frontline groups dealing with climate impacts from toxics to flooding to sea rise and storm preparation. The last session was on campaigns, and the groups and organizers who had been participating were …
Marble Falls New Orleanians aren’t too happy joining the rest of the country in talking about the heat, while recording record temperatures along with the others. The standard line in the city has always been, “it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.” This summer it seems to be both, but it’s August and …