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 The economy is whack without a doubt. Gas prices are over $4 here in oil country, in fact, way over $4 per gallon, and topping $6 in California. Inflation’s gallop may be lessening, but it’s still hitting pocketbooks everywhere whether due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, supply chain issues, the pandemic, …
Carlsbad There’s a lot of back and forth in the news about whether the sanctions being employed fiercely by the western world as a weapon to pressure Russia over its invasion of Ukraine will work. The theory would be that sanctions on close associates of Russian leader Putin among the rich oligarchs, military, and …
New Orleans I was curious when a promoter pitched a story to me about Western Sahara. What did I know about that area? Nothing! I thought, heck, ACORN organizes in Africa in Kenya, Cameroon, Liberia, Tunisia, and has begun in Nigeria, and maybe sometime soon in Uganda, this is an opportunity to learn …