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".
New Orleans I like to joke that we are all “lifetime learners,” meaning essentially that we have to keep our eyes open and our minds alert on the long journey, so that we can not only make a difference, hopefully, but at the least, fight boredom. In that process, I collect facts for …
Marble Falls In Finland, the Prime Minister is a young woman. She kicked up a hornet’s nest in this reputedly happy-happy country by dancing with her friends at a club one night recently. We’re a long way from the tut-tuting, eyebrow raising folks over there to know the details, but she passed a …
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 …