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 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 …
New Orleans Louisiana is a funny place. New Orleans makes us stand out, and we have our neighboring states of Mississippi, Arkansas, and sometimes even Texas, to make us look better than perhaps we really are. Recently, we have become the benchmark for delta variant horror in the pandemic as possibly the worst in …
New Orleans, It was inevitable. We could see this coming as clear as the day’s dawn. It was just a matter of time. Representing nursing home workers, we knew, given the last year’s history with the pandemic and the death count in care facilities, that a vaccine mandate was necessary and would be unavoidable. Now …