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 – I’ve booked my tickets to India in about one month, not having been there for almost eight years due to visa problems. I follow the country closely, given ACORN’s more than 50,000 members there in some of the world’s largest cities. I wonder what I’ll find in the country that Prime Minister …
New Orleans – Recent headlines indicate that there is still, two years after Trump’s departure, 1000 children victimized by the family separation program who have not been reunited with their parents. It’s also fair to wonder and worry about the impact on children in families that have not been separated, but live in constant fear …
New Orleans – I was intrigued by the headline in Harper’s “No Vacancy” with a subtitle: “Can empty houses help solve homelessness?” The eyebrow above the head hooked me completely: “Letter from Philadelphia.” Was this a story about something new in Philly or déjà vu all over again of ACORN’s dynamic and successful squatting campaign in …