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 17, 2021 New Orleans One slogan indelibly fixed in my mind from my days organizing with the National Welfare Rights Organization were “Mas Dinero Ahora!” or “More Money Now!” It’s a wonderful surprise after so many dark nights for lower income families that “show me the money” and real talk about the value of …
May 16, 2021 New York City Usually you can set a clock by me in art museums. Prado, Louvre, whatever, when I hit around the 60-minute mark, I’m looking for the door or a café of somewhere to wait out mi companera until she has her fill. It’s not that I don’t see the big-name …
May 15, 2021 New York City It was serendipity of a sort. I was reading a book about the drive to make higher education free in the United States, and, to my surprise, on page 34 it mentioned someone named Chuck Wilbur. It isn’t the most uncommon name in the world, but once it said …