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".
Brussels Gunshots bring only bad news in America. This time a young rightwing activist was shot and killed while speaking at a big university south of Salt Lake City, Utah. His name was Charlie Kirk, and he was unfamiliar to me, but he seems to have been a principal at Turning Point USA, an …
Brussels One of the tricky things for an outsider to understand in Belgium is who is in charge? In organizing, it’s important to know who the target might be on actions and campaigns. Where does authority lie? Where does the buck stop? As organizers discussed what it would take to change the way landlord …
Brussels It’s Tuesday, it must be Brussels in this endless six-country road trip over the last month, not counting time in the Adirondacks on upstate New York. This time it’s with my colleague Craig Robbins, ACORN’s field coordinator, who also flew overnight; he from Philly and me from Dulles. We’re here to work with …