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".
Marble Falls When I’m not at homebase, I try to call at 7AM sharp to mi companera, no matter where I am in the world. I wasn’t surprised that today’s call tracked the story in the Times about persistent and epidemic sexual assault for women riders using the rideshare company, Uber. She was …
Marble Falls The ACORN staff policies manual, which, believe me, no one pays much attention to, says that if you worked during any of the holidays, you can take off either June 18th, ACORN’s Anniversary, or your birthday. With one thing and another, work, travel, and daily tasks, I do between some and …
Marble Falls Sometimes it feels funny to be back in Arkansas. I lived here from June 1970, when I was coming from a stint in Massachusetts with the National Welfare Rights Organization to found ACORN, and lived in Little Rock until 1978, when we moved the national office to New Orleans. I was …