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 It’s hard to imagine Mexico as a workers’ paradise. Wages and working conditions are substandard. So-called charro unions which are too often in the pockets of the employers and the government have kept the lid on workers’ wages. Wages, even in some major industrial plants, like General Motors, start at as little as …
New Orleans As the omicron virus rages and peaks from place to place, if we don’t need to follow its path on a daily basis, we can still occupy lots of time, if we’re so inclined, by following the wild and crazy news about the various ways the vaccinated and unvaccinated are …
January 31, 2022 New Orleans There was an op-ed by a churchgoer in the Times that made a simple case: it was time to go back to church. Of course, that’s what all the churchgoers say, but her argument was different. She wanted everyone of her co-religionists to physically go back to church and to …
January 30, 2022 Pearl River Every year, rain or shine, sleet or snow, our ACORN family of organizations for the last almost fifty years has assembled at the beginning of a new year. For almost the last forty years we have met in the New Orleans area for what we call a Year End …
New Orleans The political division over vaccinations continues to rage. There were demonstrations in Europe. There’s a headline about some kind of truckers’ convoy moving in Canada to protest in Ottawa. In the United States, it’s everywhere it seems, with a hardcore of 15% or so that say never ever. Meanwhile, US hospitals are …