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 In Covid-country over the last eighteen months, the mascot of the nursing home industry has been the bearded figure of the Grim Reaper, scythe in hand. Almost one-third of the USA coronavirus deaths have been experienced by residents of nursing homes. Not surprisingly, there are calls for reform, but sometimes it is …
August 1, 2021 New Orleans Look, I might be old as dirt, but I’m in good shape and with good genes and even better luck have been wildly healthy all my life. Yeah, I have a bum knee from high school football and right this minute a swollen foot from a copperhead bite, …
July 30, 2021 Little Rock I’ve gone whole decades without having to take a sick day due to good health and even better luck. But, stuck in the mammoth Little Rock Baptist Hospital all day with no working internet and unable to walk, there’s no way around counting this as a sick day. …