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".
Shepley, Yorkshire Fifty organizers from France, Canada, England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and the United States came together in Yorkshire, England for our annual ACORN International organizers’ meeting for this year. Another bunch from Kenya, Australia, Liberia, Uganda, India, and Cameroon joined at different times via Zoom, along with other leaders and organizers from France, …
Leeds Maybe the pandemic really is over officially, at least if travel is any indication. I was suspicious before leaving New Orleans for England, when I was able to actually print my boarding passes, including for the Newark to London leg. How could this be possible? Yes, there was no vax check going …
New Orleans Consumers have to be near the top of their game to manage the tsunami of single-use plastic bags. The one-hundred percenters that you see at the local food co-op, bring their own nylon or cloth bags for their groceries, while the co-op only provides paper bags and boxes. At some of …