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 11, 2021 New Orleans There are some in America who live in denial about our history, despite the fact it is riddled with violence and contemptuous of democracy. For them the storming of the US Capitol on January 6th is a one-off kind of thing. Something aberrant. Something that can’t happen here. Threats will …
May 8, 2021 New Orleans It was fun talking to Stephen Preskill about his new book, Education in Black and White: Myles Horton and the Highlander Center’s Vision for Social Justice, on Wade’s World. The pleasure was as much about Preskill’s discussion of the book and his research, as it was bringing back memories of the …
May 10, 2021 New Orleans Of course, I couldn’t resist reading a story in the special Design section of the New York Times when I saw “New Orleans” in the subhead of a piece about a new hotel on Magazine Street between the CBD and the Garden District. The name was Travelers New Orleans, and …