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".
Queens, New York Bellarose is a small community of hardly 2000 folks at the border of New York City’s Queens Borough and Long Island’s Hempstead County. During World War II it was also next door to Mitchel Field, an Army Air Force training center during the war, named after a former mayor New York …
Brooklyn I don’t do musicals. I’m sure it’s just me, but someone breaking into song, rather than stating their business, just makes no sense. I know people love them, but, please lord, don’t make me go. I’ll listen to mi companera sing “Hair” or “South Pacific” in the car, and I’m OK with that. …
New York City No one is interested in my meetings, I’m sure, and if anything comes of them, you’ll all know soon enough, one way or another, but in between and alongside of the work might be worth some small attention. For example, on the East Side of Manhattan, where many of the …