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 Americans continue to move to the Sunbelt states and cities in droves. If anything, this trend went into hyperdrive during the pandemic when people could work remotely and increased mobility coupled with the demand for larger housing to accommodate work and more room to roam on your property. Some cities have exploded …
New Orleans This is not a story of letting “no good deed go unpunished,” though it may seem a wee bit like that. It’s really more a story of “the devil is in the details.” Of course, this is a Katrina story in the long tail from the colossal hurricane that pounded the Gulf …
Marble Falls – After eight years, I have finally booked passage to India in a bit over three weeks, landing in Delhi and departing ten days later from Mumbai. Working with the ACORN India organizers, we are already filling up the schedule with meetings, planning, and a strategy session for two days to map out the …