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, It was inevitable. We could see this coming as clear as the day’s dawn. It was just a matter of time. Representing nursing home workers, we knew, given the last year’s history with the pandemic and the death count in care facilities, that a vaccine mandate was necessary and would be unavoidable. Now …
Pearl River My friend and comrade, Jamaica Plains’ own Mike Gallagher, has a new book for poems coming out that he is previewing at several events at the end of August and again in the fall. If there were such a genre as “organizing poem,” Mike would be one of its leading lights. …
New Orleans In Covid-country over the last eighteen months, the mascot of the nursing home industry has been the bearded figure of the Grim Reaper, scythe in hand. Almost one-third of the USA coronavirus deaths have been experienced by residents of nursing homes. Not surprisingly, there are calls for reform, but sometimes it is …