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 This whole artificial intelligence thing is sort of an academic exercise for me. I haven’t tried the various Chat-things. It’s on my list, but I haven’t been in a hurry. The more people talk about it as a bit whacky and not ready for prime time, the more relaxed I am …
New Orleans The after-action reports are coming in now on how the US faired in dealing with the Covid pandemic. The results are mixed, as we all know, and trending downward as the death counts made clear. One expert claimed that nursing homes rated a “D.” Our union represents nursing home workers, so …
Pearl River School has begun in New Orleans now, and I’m betting it’s a sweatbox given our record heatwave. This is the South, so that also means football practices are full swing. Standing on my front porch, I look into the backyard of the neighborhood’s Fredrick Douglass High School, which is also somehow a …