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 Downtowns mean something in cities. Mayors can rise or fall on how they handle downtown development, especially if developers are the ones filling up their campaign coffers. Fortunes have been made – or lost – by the owners of giant central business district towers, and their decisions on whether or not …
Marble Falls It started simply enough. I got an email from a booking agent seeking an interview for a book that included “gentrification” in its title. I couldn’t say “No” to that. Displacement of long-time residents, both homeowners and tenants, is a big issue in cities all over the country and the world. …
Catania San Berillo proper, we might say, is a historic district near the city center of Catania, the second-largest city in Sicily. The narrow alleys and unique, but too often deteriorated and hardly habitable housing structures, all tell stories of life, history, and the culture of the community. Now as I walked for several …