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".
Heerlen There are two pictures in the news that we will see for years, perhaps for decades. One is Donald Trump’s glowering mugshot as he was booked at Georgia’s Fulton County Jail. The other is Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russia’s Wagner paramilitary mercenary group, in full camo warrior pose in Africa days before …
New Orleans We agreed to do a series of two-hour Zoom training sessions on community organizing for a coalition of grassroots frontline groups dealing with climate impacts from toxics to flooding to sea rise and storm preparation. The last session was on campaigns, and the groups and organizers who had been participating were …
Pearl River I was sold on the camp after I walked to the edge of the acres past the house and stepped onto the peer, traversing the marsh for 75 feet until reaching the wooden dock on the bayou. The property’s acreage was on both sides of the bayou, with even more marsh to …