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 When we think of libraries, most of us have a pretty clear picture in our minds. To some it’s a quiet, contemplative space, where often all we can hear is the shuffle of feet from card catalogues, if those still exist, to rows of bookshelves. Maybe we remember having to spend …
Marble Falls Recently at a KABF board meeting, one of our longtime board members, a showrunner for one show, and a co-host of another wanted to give us a heads-up about underwriting for one of the shows. He said it was getting harder to sign up the original nonprofit groups, each of which he …
New Orleans Donald Trump announced yet another run for president in order to be first out in the field. Yawn. No surprises there. Not even a headline in the New York Times on his announcement. That must have hurt him to his core. I’ve already declared that he’s my favorite for the Republican …