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 The Anthropocene Alliance, or more easily stated, A2, as we’ve discussed in the past is a national coalition of more than 400 frontline groups brought together largely because of their experiences being on the brunt end of climate change, whether hurricanes, floods, fires, or the like. A2’s annual staff retreat was …
Marble Falls The Texas legislature is famously hyper partisan now and attracting attention nationally for its efforts to gerrymander some additional congressional districts to help Republicans maintain control of the US House of Representatives. Democrats have threatened to walk out on the effort, but it’s almost a symbolic protest. Several states in the …
Pearl River One of the things that both challenging and enduringly interesting about the global work of ACORN is the mix of excitement and burden of a 24-hour clock. For a long time, this was something of a personal novelty for me as an organizer, but as the organization and the team that supports …