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 One of the great songs about urban life and poverty was written by Louisiana and Arkansas bred, alternative country singer, Lucinda Williams, named the “East Side of Town.” I use a piece of a verse from the song (thanks, Lucinda!) at the tail end of every one of my weekly radio …
New Orleans For years, economists and policymakers have written and spoken about generational wealth and the huge transfer that is happening now. For all of the talk, governments don’t really publish statistics about inheritance, so what is the happening? Some time ago, The Economist took a shot at figuring out the “annual inheritance …
New Orleans South Dakota is a great state with wonderful people, beautiful scenery, Mount Rushmore, and more that can allow the state and its people to hold their heads up with pride. It’s wrong to judge this great state by its former governor Kristi Noem and the humiliation she brings to Dakotans, especially …