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 When Hurricane Ida came into the greater New Orleans area in August 2021, we were spared, or so we thought. The levees held. Flooding was minimal. Evacuations were chaotic, leading for continuing calls for re-establishing contraflow to ease mass exits, but on the whole, we all mostly felt lucky. Then the …
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 …
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 …