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 Financialization of housing was the main target of ACORN Canada’s biggest action in Montreal at its summer convention. The issue in a nutshell is the gobbling up of homes and rentals by private equity and big real estate companies in the process of monopolizing housing markets to drive up prices and …
New Orleans Driving from Houston to New Orleans only days ago, we ran into gas stations that were selling for $3.59 per gallon at the pump. In and around New Orleans, we saw prices between $4.19 and $3.69. That’s a pretty big spread. For a lower income family that could add up to …
New Orleans We’ve talked about some of this before, but it’s such a great story, it’s worth retelling for any who haven’t heard it. I was reminded of the great effort by US debt activists reading a piece recently in Mother Jones that hit all the right notes quickly from start to Occupy …