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".
Marble Falls For decades, New Orleanians would nod to each other in the summer, “it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity,” when both would twin together around 85 degrees Fahrenheit. Now, it’s both, with temperatures that are regularly in the low 90s and can sometimes break 100, something almost unheard of decades ago. …
Pearl River Who would have imagined that lower income families would ever find themselves thankful for parliamentary rules? Not me, for sure! Yet, somehow, miracles never cease, and we’re getting a break from the parliamentarian of the US Senate, as she goes through the budget reconciliation pretense that powers Trump and the Republican’s …
Pearl River Fifty-five is old, there’s no two ways about it. ACORN celebrated its 55th birthday on June 18th, having been founded in 1970 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. Now, with almost 300,000 members among lower income communities and lower waged workplaces in more than 15 countries, like people that age, the organization has …