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 I’m still trying to make heads or tails of the US economy these days. Everyone I talk to has a beef, whether about rent, gas, food, or whatever, and they’re head scratching, even as the prices go down. All of our organizations are trying to figure out how to handle wages …
New Orleans Finally, I’ve found a reason to keep up with the push-and-shove of some workers to stay at home rather than going back to the office: retrofitting office buildings to affordable residential housing units. In a discussion recently with the co-founder of the apartment application, Dwellsy, I raised the question about whether …
Marble Falls I’ve been talking to a gaggle of water experts recently on Wade’s World. In some cases, I’ve read their books. Lead is in the water, and it’s not alone. People are being flooded and who knows what might be floating in the wake. Distrust and public participation falls, when people don’t …