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 We’ve worried with this problem in the past, but it seems to be getting worse. The Washington Post has stirred the pot again with a series of maps, that weren’t in the print edition, but that powerfully flesh out the issue of RealPage and others contracting with big landlords to use …
New Orleans I get the fact that President Biden and the White House are doing everything they can in their last month in office to cement his legacy and prepare for Trump 2.0. A lot of it is good, solid stuff, but there’s one proposal starting to slip out that seems spectacularly bad. Some …
New Orleans There are signs the holiday season is upon us even for us working dogs. The email inbox seems contained, rather than bursting at the seams. People are disappearing from some of the chains and invisible on some of the Zooms. More folks are saying, “hey, let’s do this after the holidays.” I’m …