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 Here’s a treat, as well as a bit of déjà vu. Here in the age of Mamdani in New York City and the many years that ACORN alone and via the Working Families Party was in the middle of elections in the city, I stumbled onto an ACORN forbearer with a similar …
Pearl River Progressive Maryland is an interesting organization, as I’ve learned over recent years. It’s statewide, working in Baltimore, Salisbury, and in and around Prince George and Montgomery County, the huge central counties of Washington, DC’s suburbs with their large, diverse populations. I learned a lot more talking to Larry …
Boston Bill Pastreich probably influenced me more as an organizer than anyone else alive or dead. Sadly, he passed away in recent weeks at 84 years of age in Mexico. I was fortunate to be able to attend a memorial in Boston, organized by his family, particularly his oldest son, Manny, his union, …