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 Bill Becker was president of the Arkansas AFL-CIO from 1964 to 1996. He passed away in 1997, shortly after retiring. I met Bill in 1970 in the fall after founding ACORN in Little Rock. I used to drop in and see him every month or so, asking advice, having a cup …
Pearl River My annual trip to India was snakebit this year. The cost of the ticket was hundreds of dollars higher than usual, but that turned out to be the least of the problem. Scheduled to leave on Sunday, the East Coast blizzard was expected to hit Newark airport hard, which was my jumping …
New Orleans The headlines said that 1000 Starbucks workers were on strike on the company’s annual “red cup” holiday special. The strike was indefinite, the union said, and was happening in 65 stores across 40 states. In New Orleans, nurses went on strike for the 5th time for 3 days at the UMC …