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’ve been talking to a gaggle of water experts recently on Wade’s World. In some cases, I’ve read their books. Lead is in the water, and it’s not alone. People are being flooded and who knows what might be floating in the wake. Distrust and public participation falls, when people don’t …
Toronto I used to say, more seriously than satirically, if we could just find an organizational formula to winning campaigns to deal with loose dogs, better garbage pickup, and improved sewerage handling, we could organize the world. I’m now going to add cleaner water to that list. This is thanks to reading Professor Manuel …
New Orleans Louisiana State University Professor Adrienne Katner knows something about water. In fact, as Director of the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Program at the LSU Health Sciences Center School of Public Health, let’s face it, she knows a whole lot about water, particularly whether it’s safe to drink, and more specifically, …