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".
July 11, 2021 Pearl River A book that came my way, courtesy of Father’s Day, thank you my loves, turned out to be surprisingly interesting. Marcia Chatelain, a history professor at Georgetown, had written Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America. I approached the book with some trepidation, fearful that this was going to be …
July 10, 2021 Pearl River President Biden in a new executive order seems to be signally to a wide-range of corporations and industries, Congress, and the American people that if he can’t get the job done with a well targeted shot, then he’ll try a scattershot approach and see how many targets he can bring …
July 9, 2021 New Orleans We are all talkers in pretty much any language. In fact, many might argue we talk too much. We live in a social world, which is why the pandemic has been so unsettling for so many, and conversation, whether with intimates or strangers, is a defining grace in our …