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".
San Francisco Running from meeting to meeting, traveling from airport to airport, I was missing the headlines that might have scrolled past my screen, until calling home. Mi companera immediately asked if I was following the Cornell University story. Answering in the negative, I was sternly brought up to date. The condemnation of …
Marble Falls When I’m not at homebase, I try to call at 7AM sharp to mi companera, no matter where I am in the world. I wasn’t surprised that today’s call tracked the story in the Times about persistent and epidemic sexual assault for women riders using the rideshare company, Uber. She was …