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 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 …
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 …