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".
May 8, 2021 New Orleans It was fun talking to Stephen Preskill about his new book, Education in Black and White: Myles Horton and the Highlander Center’s Vision for Social Justice, on Wade’s World. The pleasure was as much about Preskill’s discussion of the book and his research, as it was bringing back memories of the …
May 10, 2021 New Orleans Of course, I couldn’t resist reading a story in the special Design section of the New York Times when I saw “New Orleans” in the subhead of a piece about a new hotel on Magazine Street between the CBD and the Garden District. The name was Travelers New Orleans, and …
May 9, 2021 Pearl River The headlines were particularly weird this Mother’s Day. One from a young mother of twenty-five and glad of it. One about millennials having to get their arms around handling their parents’ estate. Another about what to do when no one wants to buy your mother’s cherished possessions. Several were about …