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".
Marble Falls One of the classic ACORN caveats was always, “if you live by the press, you’ll die by the press.” This was always a reminder that our base always came first and last, so that we should never be distracted by external attacks – or praise and press clippings – but should always …
Marble Falls Oh, momma, can this really be the end, we’re stuck in hoping, but worried the vampire might still mend. Sad to say, that was the thought that crossed my mind and tempered my celebration at the news that James O’Keefe was forced to walk the plank and jump ship from Project Veritas. …
Marble Falls Since the fall of 2019, when ACORN, Labor Neighbor Research & Training Center, and the Ohio Voter Project organized the Voter Purge Project, we have painstakingly processed the voter lists in numerous states around the country as a bulwark against voter suppression. In the beginning, we were only handling a dozen or so …