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".
Delhi Surveying ACORN/Janaphal’s work in Delhi, we had a cycle of meetings scheduled with leaders of the community organization near the office, organizers on the Amazon project, and leaders from the Delhi branch of the Hawkers’ Joint Action Committee. We also were going to visit one of the shelters we have run for …
Delhi You know there’s something afoot when people know you are flying through Delhi and not just one, but several of them, send you links about the way that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is teargassing farmers who are once again this year planning a siege of Delhi and heading here now, …
Pearl River One public health research report after another has nailed the facts that minority and lower income populations life expectancy is diminished by environmental pollution. Harvard’s School of Public Health says that the new tighter air pollution standards proposed by the EPA could “reduce mortality rates by up to 7 percent for Black …