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 There have been massive protests and rolling strikes in France seeking to stop French president Macron from unilaterally raising the pension age from 62 to 64. There have been three months of mass protests in Israel over Prime Minister Netanyahu and his latest far right coalition’s effort to appoint judges and ignore …
New Orleans Recently, while I was working with our dollar store project in Atlanta, I started hearing about a protestor killed in an encampment during a sweep by police forces that involved a long-running protest over the location approved for a police and training facility. It was all news to me, either generally below my …
Marble Falls How is this possible? The death of George Floyd was a watershed event in American life with an impact that was felt to be enduring and even universal. Not only was their clear footage, thanks to the bravery and nimbleness of a bystander, of unquestionable police brutality, but there have also now …