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 When you’re hearing and reading that nonprofit organizations are no longer just fighting to compete for workers with profit companies because of wage differentials for similar work, but are now saying that they are competing with fast food and retail companies who are offering more money, you know there’s a real crisis in the …
New Orleans We have an extended family WhatsApp group, as many families have. These things are a hodgepodge of advice and, usually, good will, attempts at humor, sports talk, birthday greetings, atta-boys, and occasional light controversy. Did I mention a LOT of advice! It’s a great thing, especially for the brothers and siters with children and outlaws like …
Marble Falls The end of every year always finds me with contradictory feelings, and I don’t think that’s something that just happens to me. On one hand, I’m ready for a new year. There’s excitement over new projects, a clean slate, a quick restart after the slow walk of the last year’s passing. On the other hand, there are …
Marble Falls This is not a laughing matter, but testing for Covid-19 is becoming ludicrous. With Omicron surging and jumping on the back of Delta, Americans and the rest of the world are scratching their heads again about the virus and not sure which way is up, down, or around. Many aren’t sure where they can go safely, …
Marble Falls Attending a funeral in an evangelical church recently, I was moved by the ritual of community solidarity in its search for peace and comfort in dealing with grief. Raised as a Lutheran, and long lapsed, over recent decades since our children have grown to be adults, my time in any kind of pew has been …