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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".

Category: Louisiana

Looking at Trump’s Climate Assault via Louisiana

Climate Change Environment Louisiana Trump July 3, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            Marble Falls       Every once in a while, someone do you a favor and brings together a mass of cuts and bruises to really show you where all the fatal wounds are.  Bob Marshall, an erstwhile reporter, sometime columnist, and all around environmentalist based in New Orleans, did that recently in the Times-Picayune by …

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Port Site Fights are Environmental

a community voice Environment Louisiana Mississippi River May 28, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            New Orleans      No one should ever forget that the most stable and sustainable driver of the New Orleans economy is neither tourism nor conventions, but rests in no small measure on the Mississippi River as a port city.  Barges of grain and other goods coming down, ships filled with coffee and everything else …

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Jailbreak is Final Straw for an Embattled Sheriff

Louisiana Mass Incarceration May 17, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            Pearl River      Living in New Orleans, we become accustomed to being in the news.  People like our food, music, Mardi Gras, and festivals for just kicks or business conventions, so the headlines follow.  Somebody wants to report on climate change, New Orleans will be front and center.  We get used to all that, and …

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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