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".
Edinburgh It had been a minute since I had been in Edinburgh, I don’t think since the pandemic for sure. It made sense to visit now on my way to Birmingham later in the week to attend the biennial conference of ACORN in England and Wales in coming days, because our international staff and …
New Orleans The explosive growth of data centers due to the big tech overlords racing each other to spend trillions is starting to run into a wall, despite what I’m sure they thought was a good plan to hijack local governments in a pact at “mum’s the word” secrecy with the promise of …
Pearl River For many years, when I would visit Delhi or Bengaluru where we have organized unions and associations of street vendors, along with other informal workers, visiting with some of the workers, they would frequently ask me if there were street vendors in the United States. I would say, yes and no. Not …