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 Not sure why, but every once in a while, our faithful newspaper home delivery carrier drops off a USA Today. It’s easy to forget that paper even exists except when you see if for free on hotel counters or somewhere, but I guess some people subscribe. I think she’s just comping …
Cleveland Finding ourselves in Cleveland after meetings on the Voter Purge Project near Columbus and an ACORN training session with the Anthropocene Alliance, we looked up one of our former community organizers, Kris Harsh, to find out his perspective on Cleveland these days. We met a local watering hole right across the street from …
Little Rock As a long-time listener to country music, way before it was cool. Whoops, wait a minute, has it ever really been cool? I don’t think so. I hope not. Now, it’s all so pickup by the river and Daisey dukes, that I hardly ever let the dial wander over there. But there …