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".
New Orleans In training organizers, one thing I always remind them as they begin an organizing drive in a neighborhood, housing block, or workplace is to always ask and listen carefully when they talk to people, so that they can unearth what has come before them in this struggle. In my book, a …
Nairobi Here’s the fiction: nonprofit hospitals are dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of their community, regardless of income. Because of this fiction, the IRS grants them a tax-exemption worth approximately $28 billion per year. Here’s the fact: they don’t act that way, especially the larger nonprofit hospital chains. ACORN and our partners, Local …
Pearl River Recently, I was critical of Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders efforts to try to annex the state of Arkansas to the state of Florida, as a bridge way too far. I cited her anti-LGBTQ initiatives, her racist education program, and her many copycat hires of Floridians who worked for the current and likely …