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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".

Category: Housing

Barcelona Tenants Are Organizing Under Stress

Housing Tenants May 1, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            Pearl River      Over the last couple of years in talking to ACORN organizers in the UK and Europe, I’ve often heard tidbits about tenants organizing with some strength and success in Barcelona, Spain.  In Brussels last month, I barely missed meeting one of the leaders and organizers of the tenants’ union there, when it …

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Affordable Housing in Our Backyard – Please!

Affordability Housing January 28, 2025January 28, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            Pearl River      While I was busy with the plumber and minding broken pipes left over from our recent and historic snowstorm and cold snap on the Gulf Coast, things were popping in the neighborhood over plans to build affordable housing.  My son was handling radio business in Arkansas, but the rest of our tribe …

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Fair Housing Won on King’s Blood and Organized Action

Housing January 21, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            New Orleans        A new book by lawyer and scholar Michelle Adams named The Containment:  Detroit, The Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North, includes a section that is a terrible and tragic reminder of how passage of the Fair Housing Act was written in the blood of the assassination …

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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