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".
Pearl River Recently, I was critical of Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders efforts to try to annex the state of Arkansas to the state of Florida, as a bridge way too far. I cited her anti-LGBTQ initiatives, her racist education program, and her many copycat hires of Floridians who worked for the current and likely …
New Orleans Talking to Norman Solomon on Wade’s World about his new book, War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine, I knew how to start the conversation. I drew on Edwin Starrs famous song: War, huh (good God) What is it good for? Absolutely nothing, listen to me, …
New Orleans If there is one thing every community organizer worth her salt learns about quickly from the first day they put feet to the street and knuckles to the wood, is what to say – and maybe even do – about vacant lots and abandoned houses. Neighbors always want the lots cleaned …