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".
Marble Falls For decades, New Orleanians would nod to each other in the summer, “it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity,” when both would twin together around 85 degrees Fahrenheit. Now, it’s both, with temperatures that are regularly in the low 90s and can sometimes break 100, something almost unheard of decades ago. …
New Orleans Western North Carolina never expected the aftermath of a hurricane was going to wreak havoc throughout their region and its communities. The night the waters were rising as the rain continued to fall, I was talking a to woman who was the station manager of a small, low-power station in Ashville. …
New Orleans Living in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast, our hearts go out to people in North Carolina, suddenly confronting the horrors of hurricanes, even 500 miles from the coast, and folks in our sister state, Florida, facing a double whammy. Even as we blush at our recent luck when a …