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 9, 2021 New Orleans We are all talkers in pretty much any language. In fact, many might argue we talk too much. We live in a social world, which is why the pandemic has been so unsettling for so many, and conversation, whether with intimates or strangers, is a defining grace in our …
July 8, 2021 New Orleans Our team of ACORN and LNRTC researchers and interns from Tulane have been reviewing the price lists posted by hospitals in Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas to satisfy new HHS regulations. It’s not a pretty story, but we’re still vetting the data and compiling the report, so this is …
July 5, 2021 Pearl River I’ve probably got a hundred pictures of Jim Fleischmann from scores of visits in Montana, but all of them are on a hard drive that I can’t access easily on this computer. There’s one though that I keep by my desk in my office and my house from thirty years …