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 I’m still trying to make heads or tails of the US economy these days. Everyone I talk to has a beef, whether about rent, gas, food, or whatever, and they’re head scratching, even as the prices go down. All of our organizations are trying to figure out how to handle wages …
New Orleans Finally, I’ve found a reason to keep up with the push-and-shove of some workers to stay at home rather than going back to the office: retrofitting office buildings to affordable residential housing units. In a discussion recently with the co-founder of the apartment application, Dwellsy, I raised the question about whether …
Eudora, Arkansas I was a guest at the monthly city council meeting in Eudora, Arkansas. Representing the Affiliated Media Foundation Movement (AM/FM) and the licensee, the Labor Neighbor Research & Training Center (LNRTC), I was there to talk about our plans to launch KEUD, a 50,000-watt noncommercial where the FCC has granted us a …