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".
Marble Falls Recently, I’ve gotten an uncomfortable feeling. Maybe I’m caught in my own bubble? Maybe I’m guilty of whatever this “doom scrolling” phenomenon is that I’ve read about? Maybe it’s something worse? Maybe I’m seeing through my own rosy colored glasses and coming out of the fog of denial? Whatever it is, …
Little Rock Acting as station manager of KABF in Little Rock, Arkansas, means that I now roll up there ten times a year over the last eight or ten years. Getting around the state, especially up in the mountains, I see the names of a lot of little banks that aren’t the big ones that …
New Orleans Some of the biggest and most successful community organizing campaigns have been waged in city-based contests over the construction of sports stadiums, convention centers, and other huge – and contentious – development projects. The big issue on our side of the fence is “who pays?” and what – if any – are …