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 We visited with an old comrade from the earliest days of ACORN between 1970-73. She had been one of the first VISTA volunteers that I was able to repurpose as organizers on our first organizing drives. She reminded me that she had also opened up the Fort Smith office and launched …
Marble Falls While some are tearing their hair about artificial intelligence, TikTok, video streaming, self-driving cars, and autonomous killer drones at the far reaches of the internet and tech world, it continues to be amazing how many of us are still struggling with the ever urgent need to bridge the digital divide for …
New Orleans When discussing migration and sanctions the order of the day is really the old expression, “What goes around, comes around.” There’s a bit of schoolyard bickering between the United States and some of our Latin American neighbors, doing some heavy finger pointing about who and what is responsible for the flooding …