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".
New Orleans Harley-Davidson motorcycles are American road classics. The company has problems from time to time. Sometimes there will be a backlog of orders, forcing customers to wait months and months for a particular bike that can run up and over $50,000. Other times, we will read that they have fallen behind imported …
New Orleans Rangely is on the western slope of Colorado, a long way from the front range cities of Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and Fort Collins. When talking to people from Colorado, I often find that they have no idea where Rangely might be. Mentioning Rio Blanco County or the slightly larger town of …
New Orleans Working with Dollar Store Workers United and a study that ACORN and its partners at Georgia State University completed and will release soon, I monitor Dollar General, Family Dollar, and Dollar Tree (which owns Family Dollar) somewhat closely, so of course I read the obituary recently on the passing of Family Dollar’s …