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 There’s no getting around it: coal is a problem. Everyone seems to know the climate and coal are oil and water; a toxic and fatal mix. Yet for all of the scientific evidence and national promises from one country after another, coal is still burning bright. Part of the current slippage …
New Orleans Weirdly, along with critical race theory, gender determination, and abortion, some of Republican states also have found red meat in attacking banks and some financial institution’s offerings of alternative investment funds. ESG or Environmental, Social & Governance, standards purport to add various screens for investors who are concerned about these additional …
New Orleans Consumers have to be near the top of their game to manage the tsunami of single-use plastic bags. The one-hundred percenters that you see at the local food co-op, bring their own nylon or cloth bags for their groceries, while the co-op only provides paper bags and boxes. At some of …