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 ACORN made its public debut in Cleveland with a smashing announcement of a jointly authored and researched study between ACORN and VAPAC, the Vacant and Abandoned Properties Action Council, focused on a Baltimore-based company, Riparian Capital Partners. Riparian had acquired 173 properties in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, with 153 located in Cleveland. ACORN …
Marble Falls The World Social Forum originated in Porto Allegre, Brazil in 2001, twenty-five years ago. Claiming that “another world is possible”, the WSF attracted great interest in its early years with thousands of participants and addresses from Brazil’s Lula de Silva, Naom Chomsky, and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez back in the day. Initially, …
New Orleans Recently I was surprised to find that tenants in Maryland were legally able under certain conditions to withhold their rent to force their landlords to make repairs by following certain procedures. Living and working in red states in the South and elsewhere for so long had “blinded me to the light” …