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".
Pearl River There can’t be any doubt to most public and elected officials that affordable housing is almost a contradiction in terms. If they do have any doubt, they can get straight by talking to almost any family renting or even trying to buy in most cities these days. Almost in cities everywhere, if …
Pearl River One of the things that both challenging and enduringly interesting about the global work of ACORN is the mix of excitement and burden of a 24-hour clock. For a long time, this was something of a personal novelty for me as an organizer, but as the organization and the team that supports …
New Orleans In the second ACORN global action within recent months, reports are already coming in from India and Europe on our Beat the Heat campaign. Some cities in India had to cancel actions due to heavy rains in North India, but there were good events in Delhi, Mumbai, Patna, Agra, Ghaziabad, and …