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".
Heerlen The National Programma Heerlen Nord is one of twenty large community and economic development projects established by the Netherlands government to change the conditions in targeted communities over a twenty to twenty-five year timeline. These are potentially large scale operations with lots of moving pieces, requiring a high level of consensus and …
Heerlen I was in Heerlen Nord, but it was déjà vu. If I closed my eyes, I would have thought I was once again in the Cesar Andreu Iglesias Garden in north Philadelphia a couple of months ago. About the same size, an area for a stage and music, a cooking facility, containers for …
Heerlen The only thing that really changes the prospects for workers joining unions is actual organizing, but the law can make the process harder, as we have seen for decades, or easier, as we always hope. We are about to see if unions rise to the challenge and seize the moment being offered by …