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".
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 …
Washington I could say that I’m working remotely, but truth to tell, I’m in a refurbished concourse at Washington’s National Airport, now named after Ronald Reagan. I’ve got some hours to work here this morning, having flown out of Little Rock at 6:00 AM. My meeting this morning was canceled with people from CASA, …