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".
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 …
Brooklyn In one of the performative episodes in the divided Congress, two or three might still remember some of the yahoos thought that they would embarrass somebody by having hearings in New York City about crime. Yawn. Anyway, Ohio’s raging Jim Jordan’s big blurb that made news everywhere is that his big reveal on …