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".
Santiago I flew into Puerto Plata, an airport and tourist destination on the northern part of the island of the Dominican Republic. This made sense because I was going to rendezvous with the ACORN Canada staff and fly out with them on Sunday to Toronto and take advantage of cheaper tickets. It had been a …
New Orleans In my dealings with them over the years I have found HSBC to be a fascinating company with some wild extremes and some very redeeming qualities as well. Floyd Norris of the Times noted the end of an era with the bull’s-eye shot on the acquisition of Household Finance by HSBC only 7 …
Make it Right New Orleans Driving through the Lower 9th Ward and the overwhelming scenes of both desolation and hope, we found ourselves gawking at these huge houses towering over the grassy and vacant fields in the areas close to the new concrete wall that replaced the Industrial Canal levee. My son was particularly …