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 In New Orleans, Lucha, my Australian Shepherd, and I walk to the Mississippi River and back every morning in the predawn. She knows the drill and has her favorites stops along the route where she likes to sniff and piddle, but both of us, now about the same age in dog …
Pearl River Our daughter lives around the corner from us and our son lives up the block. I see my son regularly, because we work together in several of our family of organizations. When my daughter was in high school and I would be in town and driving her to school, we would have a …
Marble Falls Mi companera’s family has a reunion the day before Easter every year somewhere around Little Rock, Arkansas where her two brothers still live. If she’s lucky, her sister is in Missouri and comes down. Nieces and nephews are well represented. Children are everywhere. Family friends are part of the crowd. There’s …