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 Driving on Interstate 10, leaving New Orleans and heading west finds the end of the road in San Diego and the Pacific Ocean. There are cities along the way, Houston first, then San Antonio, and eventually Phoenix, but the longest stretch, it often seems, runs between San Antonio and El Paso …
New Orleans You’ve been warned before. I’ve jumped down the deep rathole of trying to understand more about our energy systems and how they impact everything from climate change to democracy, from the grid to rural electric cooperatives. This is an early warning that we are about to come out with an update on our …