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".
Pearl River I know something about road trips. I’ve been on a bunch both for work and pleasure. If it’s less than ten hours away, there has to be a good reason to fly. There’s the cost of course, because even with gas at five bucks a gallon, there’s still a huge advantage in my …
Pearl River I read Daisy Pitkin’s book, On the Line: A Story of Class, Solidarity, and Two Women’s Epic Fight to Build a Union” quickly when the publisher sent it along, and after a couple of misconnections and fumbled dates, we talked recently on Wade’s World. As an organizer reading an organizer’s tales, I …
New Orleans If the Congressional investigation committee, the so-called January 6th committee, chaired by Mississippi Representative Bennie Thompson, is even half-right, this whole matter of former President Trump and the Capitol assault has now transcended partisan politics and score settling. This matter has now become a matter of protecting the country and any …