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".
May 12, 2022 Pearl River Certainly the signs have been everywhere around us: people don’t like to read anymore. People don’t have time for it, many argue, including the content overlords. Supposedly, we want short bursts of news like crawlers at the bottom of a TV screen or the small bites of USA Today …
May 10, 2022 New Orleans A lot has changed since 1977 when the Community Reinvestment Act was passed. ACORN and many other groups worked hard to secure the passage of the CRA in order to stop redlining by banks. There was a huge, discriminatory disconnect between deposits made in minority and low-and-moderate income …
May 11, 2022 New Orleans Thomas Frank wrote a book some years ago entitled “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” It was a good question. These days someone would almost have to write a multi-volume book on “What’s the Matter with Texas?” On top of every other bit of mess and mischief coming largely …
May 7, 2022 New Orleans Labor Secretary Martin Walsh, also former Mayor of Boston and a union leader before his election and appointment to the cabinet, started his remarks in a refreshing Boston brogue with a laughing jab at the president of Georgetown University as he touted being a graduate of Holy Cross …
May 5, 2022 Washington In the hassle that air travel has become over the last several years, I was out of the house by 4am for a 6am flight, regardless of having already printed my boarding pass, having no luggage to check, and getting to go through a fast line. You have to …