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".
Toronto Flying into Toronto, there were many surprises on a clear, cold day. The first was being reminded that it was baseball’s opening day, even as March Madness is reaching its climax, and we scan the daily NBA standings to see if the Pelicans are safely in the playoffs. The second surprise was how easy …
New Orleans A full-page ad in the New York Times is expensive. We’re talking tens of thousands of dollars. You have to be a big company with a bloated advertising budget or deep enough pockets that makes you believe it’s worth the climb to get your message out. A front section ad on page …
New Orleans My father passed away fifteen years ago this June, but I couldn’t help thinking of the question he would often ask me when I returned from some country not in his own travelogue. He would ask me what to tell him what would interest him from my latest trip. Not having been …