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 Eighteen years ago, ACORN warned Walmart that opening stores in Chicago was not just a mistake, but wrong. We fought for a higher living wage for retail workers with mixed results. I was there with our members one day when we picketed the location. We were especially opposed to the company’s plans …
New Orleans I have nothing to add to the women’s basketball controversy that still hangs over LSU’s championship victory, where start forward Angel Reese has been blistered by some for the same things that Iowa’s star guard Caitlin Clark had done in the intense competition of the games. Reese and Clark both agree that …
New Orleans Scheduling a call for our Latin American offices with help from a companero in Canada, I was surprised to hear that the Monday after Easter was a holiday for him. For some reason, even living in a historically Catholic City like New Orleans, this was a gap in my education. Organizationally, because …