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 At first, the article just caught my eye because it mentioned Rockford, Illinois. Rockford has my attention these days, because we worked with local people to file an application for a low-powered FM station there that is still pending before the FCC. Why would Rockford, mainly known for not being too far …
Pearl River Our daughter lives around the corner from us and our son lives up the block. I see my son regularly, because we work together in several of our family of organizations. When my daughter was in high school and I would be in town and driving her to school, we would have a …
Heerlen Planning the first organizing drives in the Netherlands, we of course don’t know what the issues might be, neighborhood to neighborhood, but we’re pretty confident that there will be tenant issues with both private landlords and with housing corporations. Private landlords are what they are, but these housing corporations are an animal of …