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".
Atlanta Marva Burnett, ACORN International’s president, John Anderson, ACORN Canada’s field director, and I gave each other one last wave, as they hurried off to Terminal 1 in Manchester, and I began the hike to Terminal 2 with hours to spare. It turned out to be a good thing, because when the Virgin Atlantic …
Sheffield Leaving the conference in Manchester, we walked by people moving quickly to join a march in the city over Gaza. Reports came in throughout the evening of huge demonstrations in London, Paris, Rome, and elsewhere. Similar to any march or protest, there are always signs and sentiments held by people that attach themselves …
New Orleans As the old saying goes, “I don’t want to put my dirty mouth on it.” As mi companera frequently counsels about death and disasters, “don’t open the window,” warning that even the mention or premotion is almost causal. Having driven over 100,000 miles on my truck in hardly four years and, …