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 The play-pretend of the NCAA, as regulator of US college and university athletes, is steadily and surely coming to an end when it comes to paying them to play. The clock is ticking faster. It’s now just a matter of time. Under constant pressure, including from the courts and the NLRB, …
Houston Years ago, my one-liner response to questions about how I had chosen a career as an organizer of unions and community groups was simple: I was looking for a job where I didn’t have to do heavy lifting. I had to drop that joke, when ACORN offices in the late 70s and 80s …
New Orleans Driving from Houston to New Orleans only days ago, we ran into gas stations that were selling for $3.59 per gallon at the pump. In and around New Orleans, we saw prices between $4.19 and $3.69. That’s a pretty big spread. For a lower income family that could add up to …