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".
London One of our staff and I used to joke about infrastructure. He would come back from a vacation somewhere in the UK or Europe and laud how great the infrastructure was, and I would feebly try to defend US infrastructure. I admit that doesn’t sound much like a knee-slapping laughter, but I’ll pretend …
New Orleans Time flies by, and you realize you haven’t had a raise in four years, even as inflation as decreased the buying power of those dollars by more than 23% according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, meaning essentially, you’re only making about 80% of what you remembered. Average pay now is over …
New Orleans There’s a call on my calendar about getting ACORN up and running in Cleveland by organizing tenants there. One of the participants noted that it was a perfect way to celebrate Juneteenth. Indeed! Pairing the date with yesterday’s fifty-fourth anniversary of ACORN’s founding is also kind of special in its own way, …