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".
Delhi Often coming back from foreign travel, I would answer my father’s questions when I would return when he would ask me to tell him something that would interest him about that country. Having been in India on the birthday he shared with George Washington, which we used to kid him was his …
Pearl River For decades I’ve been paraded-out when it comes to Mardi Gras, and, in general, to tell the truth, Mardi Gras-ed out. For years, I would use the four or five days of New Orleans stalemate to hit the road for meetings and explorations in other countries where there was, or might be, …
New Orleans I looked at the book, Advice to 9th Graders, and shook my head. I was going to have to pass on this one. It was way outside my lane. It was about advice to 9th graders from older teens who were looking back to their bridge from middle school to high school. …