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 12, 2022 Pearl River Certainly the signs have been everywhere around us: people don’t like to read anymore. People don’t have time for it, many argue, including the content overlords. Supposedly, we want short bursts of news like crawlers at the bottom of a TV screen or the small bites of USA Today …
Marble Falls After dealing with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) off and on for the last more than forty years, I never expected to get a Seasons’ Greeting from them, but miracles never cease. The news is out of a major settlement between Amazon and the Board that is national in scope. The headlines are all touting …
New Orleans One of the pandemic programs that may be cruising below the radar, but which could be a critical step on lowering the digital divide, is the FCC’s program for emergency broadband. On Wade’s World , I talked to the digital equity coordinator for the City of Little Rock, Maddie Long, about the …