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".
July 22, 2021 New Orleans I’ve spent a fair amount of time in Billings, Montana over my lifetime. I can say the same for Rapid City, South Dakota, though it has been a couple of years. Same for Waco, where I just had a cousin graduate from Baylor. I’m not unfamiliar with Coeur d’Alene, …
July 21, 2021 New Orleans Every once in a while all the pieces fall into place, and the whole puzzle comes together in a perfect picture. This is happening to hospitals and healthcare right now. The federal Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has taken a look at how well hospitals have responded …
July 20, 2021 New Orleans Organizers with A Community Voice, ACORN’s Louisiana affiliate were suddenly burning up the phone lines in crisis mode. Members were being called for donations and responding. In the beginning I couldn’t figure out what was going on. Snippets of conversation that I caught in passing were trying to find …