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 14, 2022 Pearl River Every once in a while, we have a close call on radio world which keeps everything exciting, even as it underlines the power that comes with access and control of the airwaves. A public relations flak sent out one of the hundreds of pitches I get every month for …
Marble Falls We all know McDonalds. It’s a brand known around the world. The company has made so many billions of hamburgers under the golden arches that they no longer build signs that calculate the numbers. Many today likely don’t realize that they ever did. McDonalds is simply a fact of life. …
Marble Falls It was a bit over my head, but given the times we live in, our motto has to be “any port in a storm.” Anyway, I agreed to interview philosophy professor Andrew Fiala from Fresno State University in California to get an idea about his perspective on these times on Wade’s …
New Orleans I was curious when a promoter pitched a story to me about Western Sahara. What did I know about that area? Nothing! I thought, heck, ACORN organizes in Africa in Kenya, Cameroon, Liberia, Tunisia, and has begun in Nigeria, and maybe sometime soon in Uganda, this is an opportunity to learn …
Marble Falls One report after another indicated that a remarkable thing was happening in the midst of the pandemic that was upending the country, the economy, and all of our lives. Because of various stimulus programs, particularly the direct payments to families with children, child hunger was experiencing unprecedented decreases. That was then, …