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".
Montreal A quote in a Washington Post article from a younger mother in Silver Springs, Maryland, caught my eye. Recounting the trials and tribulations being faced by women right now, she said it felt like there was a “war on women.” Her point seems past debate once any of us take the time …
May 27, 2022 Buffalo River When Obamacare, or more appropriately the Affordable Care Act, was passed a dozen years ago in 2010, part of the promise was that at some later time corrections would be made once experience revealed gaps and errors. There was also an implicit assurance that over time, polarization would …
May 10, 2022 New Orleans A lot has changed since 1977 when the Community Reinvestment Act was passed. ACORN and many other groups worked hard to secure the passage of the CRA in order to stop redlining by banks. There was a huge, discriminatory disconnect between deposits made in minority and low-and-moderate income …