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 Aqua vita – Water is Life, was on posters everywhere in Peru, years ago when I last visited. Returning from Mexico, I couldn’t help thinking that there was still something off in the 21st century that it was still not safe drink the water. No matter what you might think, Mexico …
Marble Falls New Orleanians aren’t too happy joining the rest of the country in talking about the heat, while recording record temperatures along with the others. The standard line in the city has always been, “it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.” This summer it seems to be both, but it’s August and …
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 …