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 Drug pricing almost defines predatory activity. Big and little pharma set the prices based on their perverse calculations of scarcity in the market based on US patent privileges and the desperate needs of patients whose health needs trump their consumer interests. Add to this scam the fact that lower prices can be …
Anyone in their right mind in America now has got to be asking themselves why in the world they would feel safe in their neighborhoods or on the streets of their cities. There has to be fear in their hearts, not because crime is rampant, but because once again it is clear that the …
New Orleans Atlantic Yards was the train yard that became a huge development site over twenty years ago in Brooklyn, New York, at a time then, as now, where affordable housing was at premium. ACORN in New York was involved in constant housing campaigns, as it had been for decades before the …