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 26, 2021 Little Rock My daughter once assured me that podcasts would “change my life.” My response has largely been, “yeah, sure,” but I think I’m ready to jump on the learning curve. Rolling from Atlanta to Little Rock as part of my monthly route is a schlep, and it’s made more so by …
May 25, 2021 Atlanta Here’s a simple riddle: What is $51 billion dollars, larger than the entire budget of the federal Housing & Urban Development (HUD) agency, and invisible? The tragic answer: the tenant and landlord assistance from the various pandemic stimulus programs. The program and the money have become the stuff of urban legend. …
May 24, 2021 Atlanta Organizing in the pandemic has been incredibly hard, but, hey, organizing is always hard. We adapt. We do the best we can. Timelines change. Plans and programs are delayed. A sprint becomes a marathon, over and over. This is just the way the work is. Whoever might be complaining needs to …