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 Living in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast, our hearts go out to people in North Carolina, suddenly confronting the horrors of hurricanes, even 500 miles from the coast, and folks in our sister state, Florida, facing a double whammy. Even as we blush at our recent luck when a …
New Orleans Almost everyone, up and down the line from politicians to public health officials to public water utilities to families know by now how dangerous and destructive, especially to children, infants, and the elderly lead can be. The Flint, Michigan water crisis and many just like it from Newark to Milwaukee to …
New Orleans JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, has suddenly in an about-face announced that it will be opening 100 new branches in lower income areas, including in underserved urban and rural areas. Furthermore, they stated that they are doing so to give communities better options than those provided by payday …