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".
San Francisco Running from meeting to meeting, traveling from airport to airport, I was missing the headlines that might have scrolled past my screen, until calling home. Mi companera immediately asked if I was following the Cornell University story. Answering in the negative, I was sternly brought up to date. The condemnation of …
San Francisco Money is flying faster than the accusations back and forth, but the billionaire tax is on the ballot this November in California and a reckoning is coming, one way or another. As many will recall, this is a one-time tax on California billionaires to fill the gap in state and federal …
New Orleans In New Orleans, Local 100 has represented “hoppers” – the garbage laborers on the back of the truck or hopper as it’s called – for more than 30 years. These are temporary workers who do an essential, but tough, dirty, and often disrespected job for the city. The job has changed …