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".
New Orleans It probably brings a grimace to the faces of many environmental and other lawyers when they keep having to repeat Chevron’s name favorably in court proceedings and papers these days. Chevron, of course, is the giant oil and energy company and the bête noire of environmentalists and many others everywhere because …
New Orleans Mi companera is a “lead head,” as she self-describes herself and the global network of activists, organizers, scientists, and more who are constantly raising the alarms about the dangers of lead everywhere. For a while, there has been a box of lead-testing kits on the stairsteps that I have to navigate …
New Orleans Harley-Davidson motorcycles are American road classics. The company has problems from time to time. Sometimes there will be a backlog of orders, forcing customers to wait months and months for a particular bike that can run up and over $50,000. Other times, we will read that they have fallen behind imported …