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 Louisiana is not a rich state, despite bounteous natural resources. That’s a long story, not a short one. Richland Parish in the northern part of the state not too far from Monroe is the opposite of a rich land. Farming isn’t great. The years have not been kind to many of …
Marble Falls The monthly roundup of key directors of ACORN operations started with reports from Delhi, where our affiliates had broken through with huge victories in recent weeks. Dharmendra Kumar reported significant successes in our organizations of informal workers among street vendors and gig workers. For hawkers, the story starts more than a …
Marble Falls Almost fifty years ago, Congress passed the Community Reinvestment Act or CRA seeking to close the door on bank and lender redlining and open up the prospects for homeownership for millions of lower income families. ACORN used Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data and the CRA to negotiation agreements with banks …