WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
May 7, 2021 New Orleans The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed the latest version of the PRO-Act, the Protect the Right to Organize Act. President Biden has exuberantly expressed his support as key to revitalizing unions and American workers in general. Employers have flatly stated that were the Act to pass it would be the …
May 6, 2021 New Orleans It doesn’t seem like coincidence to wake up and hear tenant alarm bells going off everywhere. The headlines across all media outlets that a federal judge in Washington, DC had ruled against the national eviction moratorium was a wakeup call everywhere. That wasn’t good news, …
May 5, 2021 New Orleans This could be very good news for prospective homeowners, but of course that depends on Congress not being rerouted on the way to much needed reforms in the critical Community Reinvestment Act. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaking appropriately to total CRA-believers assembled by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, longtime …
May 4, 2021 New Orleans Though expected, the union defeat at Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama fulfillment center was a gut punch to the labor movement not only in the United States, but globally. Amazon workers in other countries had expressed solidarity with Bessemer through direct action, including strikes in Italy and walkouts in France. Hopes were …
May 3, 2021 New Orleans In ACORN’s heyday in Chicago, the heartland of our greatest strength was in Englewood on the South Side, whether it was local issues or flexing our political muscles. As proof of that power, we elected Ted Thomas, the chair of ACORN’s Chicago board as alderman in the 15th District and …