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 I was startled to pick up my copy of Poverty & Race, which is normally a pretty dry effort by largely academics sprinkled with some organizers from time to time that looks at policy in these areas produced quarterly by the Poverty & Race Research Action Council. The lead article seemed of …
New Orleans I try to resist spending much time and energy, either mine or yours, on “I told you so stories”. Maybe not as much as I should, but some anyway. It’s been a minute since I chimed in about microfinance and the outrageous proposition that this was a way to end or …
New Orleans One of the great songs about urban life and poverty was written by Louisiana and Arkansas bred, alternative country singer, Lucinda Williams, named the “East Side of Town.” I use a piece of a verse from the song (thanks, Lucinda!) at the tail end of every one of my weekly radio …