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 Some of this media handwringing by reporters about the alleged absence of leaders of what they call the left is actually amusing. Their real complaint is that they don’t have some ready person they can call for quotes on their stories and puff up as a leader, whether or not the …
Marble Falls ACORN finished its third regional training in partnership with the Anthropocene Alliance in Cleveland. We had another great group representing more than a dozen organizations from not only Cleveland, but also Toledo, Youngstown, Bowling Green, and Milwaukee. Just as we found so far in New Orleans and Atlanta and are likely …
Cleveland Ok, what does airline travel have to do with national parks? Good question, but somehow, they came together for me, maybe because both have to do with access. I read a story about a young, 26-year-old man who managed to get on a flight from Salt Lake City to somewhere like Oklahoma. Seems …