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 Earlier this year, I had gotten a message on Facebook from an ACORN member in England. Besides his activity with ACORN, he was also active in the environmental group, Extinction Rebellion, which has become well known in recent years for its aggressive actions highlighting the urgency of confronting climate change. He said …
Pearl River With wars in the news all around the world in Ukraine, Israel, Myanmar, Sudan, Armenia, and elsewhere, veterans were on my mind. Since war is so important to nation states, how do they really handle their veterans? This has always been a question for me. Some of my earliest organizing experiences were …
New Orleans Two weeks is a pretty good vacation in the real world, so I guess we should be happy that we got a brief break from screaming headlines about the dysfunction of the US House of Representatives, and it’s Republican majority’s constant contention and chaos. Unfortunately, here it comes again, with only …