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 It’s a surprise when a big-league paper like the New York Times looks at the actual work that people do and how they do it, but actually it’s unusual when any news outlet takes a hard look behind the scene at the world of work and workers anytime. Perhaps even this time …
New Orleans It probably brings a grimace to the faces of many environmental and other lawyers when they keep having to repeat Chevron’s name favorably in court proceedings and papers these days. Chevron, of course, is the giant oil and energy company and the bête noire of environmentalists and many others everywhere because …
New Orleans Mi companera is a “lead head,” as she self-describes herself and the global network of activists, organizers, scientists, and more who are constantly raising the alarms about the dangers of lead everywhere. For a while, there has been a box of lead-testing kits on the stairsteps that I have to navigate …