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 The sixties get a lot of play in the memory and memoirs bank, deservedly. A lot was happening around cultural and political changes as the civil rights movement tailed off, the welfare rights movement and anti-poverty efforts ascended, and the Vietnam antiwar protests hit their zenith. The early 70’s doesn’t get …
Marble Falls Cyndi Lauper had a big hit with a song called “True Colors,” one of the few that she didn’t write on her big album. The refrain was sticky: I’ll see your true colors Shining through I see your true colors If you’re paying attention, we’re seeing a lot of folks’ true …
Little Rock When deep south politics makes the national news, it usually means bad news for any of us living the good life among our fellow folk in these states. Recently, both Louisiana and Arkansas found themselves in the national conversational polarization around abortion and choice. In one case, I’m talking about Louisiana, where …