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".
Stoney Lake, Northern Ontario The last session of the night found me assigned with others from ACORN Canada’s western provincial offices in Calgary and Vancouver to discuss an upcoming ACORN National Day of Action around housing. One thing led to another, and we started all talking about what kind of protection tenants have when …
New Orleans Globally, more than 30 cities participated in ACORN’s Beat the Heat Day this summer. Thermometers are clear, regardless of climate naysayers, it’s hotter outside than it has ever been. Tenants need protection and many have joined ACORN campaigns in various countries like Canada and France to demand retrofits to deal with …
Charleroi Hardly more than an hour from Brussels is another side of Belgium in Charleroi. This was the coal-mining, industrial center of Belgium. Over the last fifty or more years, the mines shut down. Perhaps one steel mill is left in operation, but the long, hulking buildings and giant smokestacks can be seen …