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 21, 2022 San Jose I’ve known Sarita Gupta as a friend and comrade for decades now, dating back to her time in Chicago and then nationally as head of Jobs With Justice. JWJ has been a coalition of some unions at the local and national level and a lot of labor activists for …
May 18, 2022 San Francisco One of the consistent themes running through all of the conversations I have had with a variety of people from funders to organizers and friends has been troubling. People in various ways make a simple request: Is there any good news? That’s a tough question. I can answer about …
May 9, 2022 New Orleans Here goes my semi-annual contribution to the blog Working-Class Perspectives. Finally, it’s a new morning for workers in America. For at least a brief time, while the Biden administration is alive, even if unwell, and the Supreme Court has not yet brought the darkness and ended our parade, opportunity …