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 Eighteen years ago, ACORN warned Walmart that opening stores in Chicago was not just a mistake, but wrong. We fought for a higher living wage for retail workers with mixed results. I was there with our members one day when we picketed the location. We were especially opposed to the company’s plans …
Pearl River Clarence Thomas has been on the United States Supreme Court for over thirty years. He was seated controversially in 1991 after a contentious hearing that featured his sexual harassment of his associate at the EEOC, Anita Hill. He is one of the more conservative voices on the court, but that just makes …
New Orleans Under the byline in a recent article about water shortages in Kansas and other states, it mentioned that the reporter was filing from Garden City. We’d driven through the town, moving back and forth across the west. Once upon a time, nothing would have been written about or from Garden City that …