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 In the Age of Trump and its aftermath, if we all weren’t cynical before, we are at least cautious these days about too readily believing any claims for fear of alternative “truths.” Still, I caught myself saying, “unbelievable!” this morning, as I read about the incredible and dangerous scam involved in …
Montreal Twenty of the ACORN Canada organizers gathered for the annual Year End/ Year Begin meeting. Brought low by a bad post-Kenya cold, I missed the first evening’s reports from all the offices, but I didn’t have any trouble catching up, as I listened to the panels, workshops, and reports by various organizers of …
New Orleans There are university professors and philosophers who specialize in ethics. It turns out that for many, especially politicians and governmental big whoops, ethics is purely a philosophical concept having no relation to reality. Ethics are synonym for rationalizations. It turns out that it is acceptable in public parlance, because without accountability, …