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 It’s a simple fact of the modern economy and our peculiar economic system, that when you turn over the management of a public program to a private entity, whether it be housing, health care, welfare, or pretty much whatever, and the direct or presumed incentive for the private enterprise, will not …
New Orleans Managing a radio station means juggling a lot of things, especially with an all-volunteer army. Having spent a career as an organizer working for organizations trying to get their voices and issues, often silenced, to be heard, it is a different experience to be on the other side of the table. …
New Orleans Mi companera is a “lead head,” as she self-describes herself and the global network of activists, organizers, scientists, and more who are constantly raising the alarms about the dangers of lead everywhere. For a while, there has been a box of lead-testing kits on the stairsteps that I have to navigate …