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".
Pearl River My first introduction to Project 2025 was an email thrown over the 21st century techno-transom. I didn’t recognize the sender at first, but he is a long-time singer in the American country tradition for the last 50 years, specializing in what he calls a “arklassippi” music in a mash-up for the three mid-south …
Pearl River The bureaucratic and technical challenges of modern life are creating immense gaps between people and institutions. Simply saying the digital divide is a problem between rich and poor, between the old and young, and between urban and rural isn’t adequate as a way to understand paths forward that create equity. Worse, these divides …
Pearl River Where there are renters or homeowners, there are going to be evictions. Agreements with landlords, banks or mortgage companies are serious, when entered in good faith, but that’s not always the case, either in the beginning at move in or at the end at push out. For tenants, we’ve fought successfully in several …