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".
Saranac Lake, NY In the Adirondacks, leaves are already starting to change, while falling on roads and sidewalks. Labor Day is behind us, schools are in session, and summer is slipping away. Having been almost constantly on the road over the last weeks with more to come, I have often felt I was swimming …
Blue Mountain, New York There’s something captivating about canoeing. Trust me on this. Paddling on calm water, river or lake, you are inches from the water in the same way that when you drive a motorcycle, you feel as one with the road. Done well, you glide on the water, magically. Admittedly, it’s not …
Adirondacks Reading the papers here and there in our polarized country, I was recently struck by how unimaginatively schoolyard is the discourse. I think it was Louisiana’s own rightwing bat-crazy Congressman Higgins who called for the New Orleans Public Health department to be defunded by the federal and state government based on its …