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".
May 3, 2022 New Orleans I’ve been to all fifty states, many of them repeatedly, but Maine is the one state I have to honestly admit, I have spent the least time visiting. Maybe an hour to tell the truth. We just drove across the border, had a cup of coffee, and were …
Marble Falls Driving across huge parts of the US South and West I could say gives me time to think, but that’s hardly half of it. Eyes plastered to the road; a driver is overwhelmed by visual overload. As you drive west, your vision expands for miles in all directions. One day I …
Greeley, CO Let’s face the facts. I’m becoming an amateur expert in western water towers. I’m also becoming someone who pops by town centers around the West looking for people who will listen to our story and give us a hand. Today, I woke up in Limon, Colorado, visited Deer Trail and Kersey, …
Limon, Colorado Driving east to west through Kansas, avoiding the interstates and toll roads, is an interesting roll, that I coupled with a couple of hours on the big highway to get to Limon, the self-proclaimed “hub city,” eighty miles out of Denver and about the same from Colorado Springs. Perhaps hard for some …
Cimarron The first time I was in Cimarron, New Mexico, was about sixty years ago. I was a 13-year-old Boy Scout, pushing 14, which was the age limit then for attending Philmont, the national scout camp. I have no idea what the experience would be like now, but then you hiked with a heavy …