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".
Marble Falls New Orleanians aren’t too happy joining the rest of the country in talking about the heat, while recording record temperatures along with the others. The standard line in the city has always been, “it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.” This summer it seems to be both, but it’s August and …
Marble Falls In the mountains, we pack it in and pack it out. It makes you think about recycling. What do we drop off at the first opportunity along the road home, and what do we dutifully drive to New Orleans for our weekly pickup? In the virtue-seeking experience of modern life and …
Marble Falls Following the news, a lot of people are less than ecstatic about the 2024 presidential election being a rerun of 2020, with the same old guys, Trump and Biden, in yet another death match. Those folks who want to look at next year’s model are going to be disappointed. It is …