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".
Fayetteville, NC Fayetteville, North Carolina is not a small town with a population exceeding 200,000, but it feels smaller, because it seems spread out horizontally, filled with big yards and wide streets. The tiny regional airport is unpretentious and miles from the center of town, nestled off the interstate in the trees. Walking along the …
New Orleans In training organizers, one thing I always remind them as they begin an organizing drive in a neighborhood, housing block, or workplace is to always ask and listen carefully when they talk to people, so that they can unearth what has come before them in this struggle. In my book, a …
Pearl River The cover of the most recent conservative-liberal magazine, The Economist, said two words: “Israel Alone.” The Times reports that a dozen “liberal” organizations from the Working Families Party to the DC-based Citizens for American Progress, along with two unions, the National Education Association and the Service Employees International Union have written President Biden …