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".
Pearl River There can’t be any doubt to most public and elected officials that affordable housing is almost a contradiction in terms. If they do have any doubt, they can get straight by talking to almost any family renting or even trying to buy in most cities these days. Almost in cities everywhere, if …
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 …
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 …