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 In Scotland, ACORN’s tenant union chants “The rent is bananas.” Affordable housing is a global issue. Some cities concoct schemes to maintain affordable housing and block second homes and Airbnbs, but most don’t. Few actually break ground for affordable apartment complexes or create equitable zoning rules to allow them. Minnesotans voted …
Marble Falls The conundrum over the last several decades, as the reality of the impact of climate change has become impossible to ignore, is how do we create a just transition from the current economy to a cleaner, greener future? Talking to Rutgers Professor Todd Vachon on Wade’s World, he reminded me that …
Pearl River One study after another indicates that due to financial constraints, and likely political division, the teaching of civics in American schools has plummeted. For my part, having taken civics and public speaking as electives in junior high school opened my eyes to the world around me on one hand and helped me …