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 One of ACORN’s organizers from the Alps/Rhone region of France, running from the fires towards his annual holiday, was in Leeds, England the other day visiting the ACORN staff there. They took him out on the doors. The Yorkshire accent was challenging, he reported to me on Zoom. He wasn’t sure …
New Orleans Louisiana is not a rich state, despite bounteous natural resources. That’s a long story, not a short one. Richland Parish in the northern part of the state not too far from Monroe is the opposite of a rich land. Farming isn’t great. The years have not been kind to many of …
Marble Falls The monthly roundup of key directors of ACORN operations started with reports from Delhi, where our affiliates had broken through with huge victories in recent weeks. Dharmendra Kumar reported significant successes in our organizations of informal workers among street vendors and gig workers. For hawkers, the story starts more than a …