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 One of the mixed blessings of our internet age and the ubiquitousness of social media and email is the low barrier to communication. On the downside, there’s the constant vigilance required to not be tricked by phishing, spam, and other dangerous weirdness. On the upside, people who want to find you can …
New Orleans I guess it was inevitable that some people would think that what is good for the goose is good for the gander. Conservatives and rightwing zealots shouldn’t have been surprised after all of these years, as they smiled and cheered the antics of James O’Keefe and his cohort trying one stunt after …
New Orleans We were meeting for hours with Ramona Williams of MCUP, Mississippi Citizens United for Prosperity in Jackson, Mississippi, and one of her leaders. We were all about the business and discussing how ACORN could work with MCUP, as a member of the Anthropocene Alliance, but it wasn’t just business on a …