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 Big headline in my local newspaper in New Orleans focused on the fact that Louisiana had moved up the ladder in the United States ranking on the education report card. We had moved from 46th to 42nd, our highest ranking since 2003. Sometimes it’s the little things that matter. Why is …
New Orleans Sometimes when things just seem too good to be true, it is actually because it’s quite simply not true. At the bottom line, there’s still no substitute for good judgement. Ok, so that’s the moral of this story. You might wonder, what’s the story? Part of it is about bitcoin. I’ve read …
Chicago My mother always insisted after every birthday and Christmas, and it seemed like a host of other occasions, that my brother and I write “thank you” notes. That lesson set hard on my brother, and he embraced it as a good thing. I didn’t disagree with the practice, but often it was bottom-of-the-list-business …