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".
Marble Falls August 29th of each year marks the date that KABF 88.3 FM went on the air in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1984 at 100,000-watts of power as the “Voice of the People” and brought noncommercial community radio to the state. The station, its hosts, and listeners try to mark the anniversary …
Pearl River Jim Lynch, a one-time ACORN staffer back in the day and a long-time KABF board member, sent me the obituary in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette on Pat House’s passing at 94 years of age. Pat was a long-time comrade and friend of our organizations back to the very beginning in 1970 and …
New Orleans ACORN has often been critical of the United Way and its corporate coziness for contributions supporting band-aid services, rather than real change for lower-income families. In the early days of the organization in Arkansas, our members even did an action at one of their local fundraising lunches where they voiced demands …