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 Summer and beaches are almost synonymous in many parts of the world. The idyllic days with your feet in the sand, following crab tracks, walking in the waves at waters’ edge, as the sea birds hop away or soar overhead; it’s hard to beat. All of that is true, even as I …
Pearl River The “bombs bursting in air” signals a horror now in Ukraine, Palestine, the Sudan, and way too many places, but in the US, it means firecrackers for Independence Day. The only relief is that it sounds like guns are being fired, and it’s hit the ground time, but it’s only cherry bombs …
New Orleans The monthly ACORN Africa call had much to celebrate. Good news for the cane workers organizing in Cameroon. Encouraging assembly held in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Good action results reported from Liberia. A successful training session on our work in Democratic Republic of the Congo. And, finally, Radio ACORN is streaming on …