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".
New Orleans When it comes to trains, Americans take a beating during conversations about trains in other countries. Unlike the United Kingdom and many countries in the European Union, trains are not ubiquitous in the US. Outside of the northeast corridor between Boston and Washington, DC, trains are at best infrequent, expensive compared …
Birmingham ACORN England-Wales has a clear calendar now for top level membership input. On odd years, there is now a convention. On even years for the second time, there is a delegates’ conference, which found me once again as a participant/observer. The conference is a useful way to bring 50 to 60 of …
Birmingham For folks in Birmingham and ACORN members arriving for their conference, there will finally be something to talk about besides what was once called “unseasonable heat,” but is now clearly climate change and the wave of the future. England is playing someone, it hardly matters whom, but I believe it’s Norway, in …