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".
Montreal They came up in twos and threes, a team of leaders and fighters from every region of Canada and every ACORN city, big or small. Some were 18-year veterans of ACORN from Toronto and British Columbia, and some were at their first convention from Montreal, London, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. All of …
New Orleans Reboot ACORN, hell yes! I almost didn’t care what the rest of the opinion piece by Jason Linkins in The New Republic might say, because the title alone was tailor made to make my day. As the classic movie line aptly says, he “had me from Hello!” My Google Alert for …
May 6, 2022 Washington John Sweeny was the head of the Service Employees in 1984, when the United Labor Unions, affiliated with SEIU. I met him then. I last saw him in 2009 at a packed, standing room only gathering at Georgetown University’s Gaston Hall when he was given an honorary degree there, right …