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".
Marble Falls I had to call our long-time volunteer pro-bono lawyer, former ACORN and Local 100 organizer, brother, and friend a week or so ago. He was running a little late. He was writing the draft lease for an antenna that the City Council of Eudora, Arkansas had agreed could be placed on …
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 …