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 When Hurricane Ida came into the greater New Orleans area in August 2021, we were spared, or so we thought. The levees held. Flooding was minimal. Evacuations were chaotic, leading for continuing calls for re-establishing contraflow to ease mass exits, but on the whole, we all mostly felt lucky. Then the …
Marble Falls I’ve been talking to a gaggle of water experts recently on Wade’s World. In some cases, I’ve read their books. Lead is in the water, and it’s not alone. People are being flooded and who knows what might be floating in the wake. Distrust and public participation falls, when people don’t …
Marble Falls Supposedly, there’s more bad news, at least for those of us dedicated to making change. It seems Harvard researchers, according to the news headlines, have studied the question deeply and have now found that “protests are failing at record rates.” The Times reports that the “odds of success [of mass protests] …