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 If you’re in the market to buy a house, you’re in trouble. The current economy is not your friend. The bad news just keeps on coming. Interest rates have jumped to 5.27%, the highest level in 13-years, piling hundreds of dollars onto monthly payments, and over 30-years, a wheelbarrow full …
May 11, 2022 New Orleans Thomas Frank wrote a book some years ago entitled “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” It was a good question. These days someone would almost have to write a multi-volume book on “What’s the Matter with Texas?” On top of every other bit of mess and mischief coming largely …
Marble Falls It’s not exactly one that got away, but it’s definitely one that has kept biting people hard. I’m talking about the ways low-and-moderate income families are forced into alternative financing schemes in order to put a roof over their heads. Several years ago, the ACORN Home Savers Campaign went after a …