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 For all the storm and fury of the election, there are some important issues on the ballot, whether voters are hearing as much about them or not. In recent years, affordable housing has been a big issue for millions of families in cities and states around the country. Both candidates know it …
New Orleans For younger Americans, there may be a significant re-evaluation of whether owning a home is part of the so-called “American dream.” There are a lot of reasons for revising such personal goals of course, including high interest rates, even if they are falling now; student loans, even if President Biden continues to …
Northern Ontario Before dawn, I slipped a canoe into the inlet at Stoney Lake in northern Ontario, where the staff of ACORN Canada was meeting for training and planning sessions. Most of the supermoon was above me, and the dawn was gradually breaking in the east as I paddled back, having flushed several Canadian …