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".
Columbia It had been a long exhausting day. It started with a phone call while I was in the shower at 4 am in Atlanta, where I’d finally gotten up, my mind racing from the meeting the night before and the details of the day ahead. ADT was calling at what would have been 3 …
New Orleans The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released the figures on union membership and density for 2014 and for workers in general. The good news is that there are more jobs and more people are working. The same ol,’ same ol,’ bad news is that the weakening labor movement in the United States has …
Little Rock Sometimes, I’m on top of the news and other times, the news seems to be on top of me. The Affiliated Media Foundation Movement (AM/FM) worked with a lot of partners and made many new friends as we assisted local communities in filing for low-power FM radio stations recently when the FCC …