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 No questions in my mind. We need to be long gone from Afghanistan. Also, no questions in my mind that the scenes at the airport and the chaos of the evacuation are heart rending. I hold my breath that for all of the real and crocodile tears being shed in …
Pearl River In the coming days I’ll be driving from Louisiana through Mississippi, then Alabama and Georgia before I get to Atlanta. Once there, I’ll do my work, and then roll through Georgia, northern Alabama, a touch of Tennessee, and then a big chunk of eastern Arkansas until I get past Forrest City and pick …
Pearl River When we last spoke to Edgar Villanueva a couple of years ago when the first edition of his book, Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance, arrived his critique of institutional philanthropy and the giving practices of the rich might have been a step or two ahead of the …