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 These days we are all so busy shaking our heads at the latest outrage, that we’re going to have neck problems for years. I was hoping to go positive and discuss something like the value of solidarity because of recent attention the concept has gotten. Instead, I’m once again riled up. …
New Orleans Maybe this is out of my lane, but unfortunately reckless drivers keep pushing me onto the shoulder. Houston, we have a problem, when subjective views bring us conclusions regardless of the facts and sometimes based on the same data and situations on the ground. We may want to believe, but everything …
Pearl River More than 150,000 people have signed a petition begun by a Black church to boycott Target department and multipurpose stores, because of their abandonment of their diversity, equity, and inclusion or DEI program. I haven’t been in a Target for years, and I’m definitely not going in there now. Organizers note that …