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".
San Jose What is happening with organizing around Amazon? They’ve slipped down the news cycle even as they race to dominate the world and curry favor with the White House. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals this week rejected yet another Hail Mary pass by Amazon in its continuing effort to delay bargaining by …
San Francisco There were a number of interesting things I learned moving from one meeting to another from Santa Rosa to San Francisco yesterday. People made some interesting points and observations. There was one on this blue island of progressive opinion pocked with wealth and privilege that surprised me, even as it made sense …
San Francisco Visiting the California Bay Area on my annual spring multi-meeting tour, unsurprisingly, the new Trump administration, its operations, excesses, and follies invariably sucked up no small amount of conversation. Nonetheless, life goes on, even as heads shake with everyone waiting for the next shoe to fall. Reading the tea leaves, there’s …