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".
May 15, 2022 Pearl River Recently we were talking about Pharrell Williams trying to navigate a guest appearance orchestrated by the younger Walton clan at a conference in Bentonville, Arkansas, the Walmart company town. Williams is best known for his song, “Happy”, which was on constant replay everywhere several years ago. You remember, …
May 12, 2022 Pearl River Certainly the signs have been everywhere around us: people don’t like to read anymore. People don’t have time for it, many argue, including the content overlords. Supposedly, we want short bursts of news like crawlers at the bottom of a TV screen or the small bites of USA Today …
May 10, 2022 New Orleans A lot has changed since 1977 when the Community Reinvestment Act was passed. ACORN and many other groups worked hard to secure the passage of the CRA in order to stop redlining by banks. There was a huge, discriminatory disconnect between deposits made in minority and low-and-moderate income …