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 Years ago, visiting Uruguay, with a delegation of community and union organizers, we got a crash course in carbon offsets that were being sold on a huge forest area in this Latin American country to big global branded corporations. The environmental nonprofit was presenting this as good for Uruguay because it …
May 23, 2022 New Orleans A message has been sent from the universe: climate change is real, and, if you don’t believe us, we’re coming for you. I’m used to people asking me how it’s possible to live in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast with hurricane season soon and water rising. …
New Orleans The Russian invasion of Ukraine seems to have entered a new phase with a step back to hunker down in areas in the east, already taken, but with all signs of an extended and protracted engagement with no clear end in sight. Many countries around the rest of the world have …