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 None of us knew what to expect in the first of five regional trainings the ACORN Organizing School was conducting for leaders and activists of the Anthropocene Alliance. Twenty-five people from twenty different organizations in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas gathered at the New Orleans Healing Center for an introduction to community organizing …
New Orleans Few political issues continue to be as contested today as women’s right to choose with bitter divisions on all sides of the abortion issue. Some believe the 2024 US election could turn on this issue, particularly if it motivates women and the young to the polls, as it has in various …
New Orleans I’m starting to like Taylor Swift more, even as I’m super tired of reading about her tour, her romance, and about everything else. It’s more a case of the “enemy of my enemy is my friend” kind of thing. It’s also a situation where it’s all so MAGA conspiracy crazy, that …