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".
Ottawa One of the highlights of the ACORN Canada conventions every two years is the Member Speakout. In the US, this was also one of my favorites. There, like in Canada, the leaders moderate the event, often in the US with the staff scurrying about in preparation for other events. In Canada, it comes …
Ottawa Trump went traveling. There were no state dinners this time. He was visiting a farm in Wisconsin in a Congressional district in trouble in a state that he narrowly won in 2024, but has been breaking hard against him more recently. Farmers, including in the vetted panel, gave him an earful, and, …
Ottawa The calendar says June, so in New Orleans that means it is already summer. It’s way pass that in India, where heat for gig workers and food vendors has been a huge issue already for months. Talking to organizers in Paris this week they were caught in an early season heat wave …