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".
Marble Falls “Heat domes” are likely to become one of the words of the year for 2024. It seems every time we turn around, we’re hearing about another record heat wave in countries around the world, as well as regions within the United States. The standard advice consisting of sunscreen, hydration, wearing a hat, …
New Orleans Recently, we talked to an old comrade, Tom Sanzillo, who with his organization has helped provide the research and economic analysis that has gained increasing traction in the campaign to decrease burning coal, because it’s cheaper to use alternative sources. Most of us are clear that this is huge progress, not just …
Heerlen In the trainings that ACORN did in six different cities in partnership with groups from the Anthropocene Alliance, one part of the session was a campaign planning exercise. We would break participants into small groups and give them a topic. In the beginning we started out with flooding, which yielded lots of discussion, but …