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 Sometimes it feels funny to be back in Arkansas. I lived here from June 1970, when I was coming from a stint in Massachusetts with the National Welfare Rights Organization to found ACORN, and lived in Little Rock until 1978, when we moved the national office to New Orleans. I was …
Pearl River Right this minute, I’m writing under an air conditioning vent with a general fan moving the air along as well. I just bade the repair man adieu minutes ago after having waited for him the last 24-hours. The problem was simple. A power surge had fried a fuse at the unit. For …
New Orleans On the road, as I’ve sometimes shared, going back and forth between Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas, not even mentioning the long hauls, except for listening to the AM/FM managed noncommercial radio stations, when I’m in range, I’ve gone hard and long on audiobooks. Part of this is a lifetime war waged …