WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
Chicago Understand me clearly. I was lucky. I had a dawn run from Columbus to Chicago and then onto Atlanta in the weirdness of travel during the pandemic. It made sense to stay as close to the airport as possible, and I ended up at a Hampton Inn, now a Hilton property, there between the …
Pearl River In the more than forty years that I have known Nat LaCour, I had never known his full name was Nathaniel Hawthorne LaCour until I regrettably had to read his obituary when he passed away recently at 82 years of age. I bet there was a great story behind that name for an …
New Orleans Local 100 United Labor Unions members continue in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas to speak up and confront their employers, both public and private, about the inadequate health and safety plans at their workplaces. Having written requesting copies of the plans with most employers not responding, last week members and leaders demanded to …
New Orleans Leaders and members of Local 100 United Labor Unions finally had enough of working on the frontlines without proper protection against the coronavirus in nursing homes, supported living centers, human development centers, transportation, sanitation, cleaning, schools, head start centers, and public-facing offices. OSHA, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration, requires every workplace …
Pearl River Even here along the Gulf Coast and Mississippi River, the temperature has edged down a couple of degrees, signaling Labor Day’s arrival. In my time this meant school was starting and no matter what the thermometer read, it was fall, doggone it, and time to pull out the long-sleeved shirts and get ready …