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".
Houston I’ve joked for years with comrades and friends about how much of our lives and careers, we’ve practiced law without a license. In organizing unions and community groups, we’re always looking for handles in rules and regulations, little opportunities that might be bent with pressure to favor our constituency, even if unintended. Many …
Houston Free trade, globalism, tariffs, and MAGAism are happening in one country after another as countries pretend that they can be islands unto themselves. Trump and Israel’s war in Iran are all proving it’s one world, whether any of them like it or not. There are few better case stories than what’s happening in …
Houston If we don’t have enough to worry about, there’s always more, right? Organizationally and personally, we’re fans of open source as our choice for access to email and internet. I should add to databases for ACORN members as well, since we use Civi. Why support the tech overlords anymore than we must? That’s …