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 Colleges and universities are in the news these days, but that’s mainly because Trump is attacking higher education in general and in individual cases, he is joining with his subservient Education Department in attempting to force specific institutions to kowtow to his will and program. After a flurry of beatdowns at …
Toronto Full disclosure, I’ve sent Wikipedia a couple of dollars from time to time. Not because they are perfect, but because they are wildly useful. I use it all the time, which is why I thought I should give another nonprofit some support, rather than being a freeloader. Sure, I’ve got beefs. Gary Delgado …
Stoney Lake, Northern Ontario The last session of the night found me assigned with others from ACORN Canada’s western provincial offices in Calgary and Vancouver to discuss an upcoming ACORN National Day of Action around housing. One thing led to another, and we started all talking about what kind of protection tenants have when …