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".
Chicago It’s back on the road again, but that doesn’t mean anything is easy in the new world of pandemic travel when we have one foot in the mess, and another foot pretending it’s all over, but we’re good-to-go. Of course, there are mask rules or something similar on everyone in the airport, although, …
Little Rock A half dozen people gathered in the Atlanta heat under a gazebo at Capital Gateway Apartments, an Integral managed project. The issues weren’t unusual. In fact, the issues were too common: mold, slow to no maintenance, security, and rents themselves. The ACORN Tenants Union in Atlanta had heard all of these …
Pearl River In the coming days I’ll be driving from Louisiana through Mississippi, then Alabama and Georgia before I get to Atlanta. Once there, I’ll do my work, and then roll through Georgia, northern Alabama, a touch of Tennessee, and then a big chunk of eastern Arkansas until I get past Forrest City and pick …