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 When I wrote Citizen Wealth, published in 2009, I proudly recorded the role that ACORN played in increasing the homeownership rate of Black and Hispanic Americans over a period of thirty-years between 1977-78 and 2007-2008. We had fought, along with many others, for the legislation in Congress that passed the Community Reinvestment …
Little Rock George Floyd was killed on May 25, 2020, way more than a year ago. The death prompted what may have been the largest collective number of protestors in US history hitting the streets. The Black Lives Matter Movement refocused interest and commitment on the condition of Black Americans and our unresolved issues around …