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 There’s no getting around it: coal is a problem. Everyone seems to know the climate and coal are oil and water; a toxic and fatal mix. Yet for all of the scientific evidence and national promises from one country after another, coal is still burning bright. Part of the current slippage …
San Pedro Sula ACORN organizes from two bases, one in Tegucigalpa, the capitol, and the other from San Pedro Sula, the industrial powerhouse of the country. As part of our registration, we are required to have an Annual General Meeting. On one level, it’s sort of a pain, but it forces me to saddle …
Tegucigalpa There were six of us in the ACORN delegation. The president of ACORN Honduras Raul Rodriguez led the group, along with Erlyn Perez, ACORN’s head organizer, followed by two school principals who were ACORN members, Jany Montoya, the translator and Erlyn’s niece, and me. Our mission was to try to meet with …