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 Aqua vita – Water is Life, was on posters everywhere in Peru, years ago when I last visited. Returning from Mexico, I couldn’t help thinking that there was still something off in the 21st century that it was still not safe drink the water. No matter what you might think, Mexico …
Mexico City With great luck our time in Mexico City has coincided with the visits to the city at the same time by the chair of our radio organization, to allow us to discuss all of AM/FM’s work with 47 communities in filing for low power FM licenses, and the esteemed attorney for …
Heerlen Gaining context for organizing in Heerlen Nord, we of course walked through kilometers of the neighborhood with more to come, but I also heard and watched a presentation on the history of the Limburg region and Heerlen as a central part of the Parkstad area. The timer clicked through various occupation periods from …