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 Johnnie Pugh, a longtime member and leader of ACORN in Arkansas, passed away. Anyone who has seen the documentary, The Organizer, will remember her as a star talking about having joined in 1971 and working with Gloria Benson Wilson. Gloria was elected to the Little Rock city director seat, that Johnnie …
Marble Falls For decades, New Orleanians would nod to each other in the summer, “it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity,” when both would twin together around 85 degrees Fahrenheit. Now, it’s both, with temperatures that are regularly in the low 90s and can sometimes break 100, something almost unheard of decades ago. …
Pearl River Who would have imagined that lower income families would ever find themselves thankful for parliamentary rules? Not me, for sure! Yet, somehow, miracles never cease, and we’re getting a break from the parliamentarian of the US Senate, as she goes through the budget reconciliation pretense that powers Trump and the Republican’s …