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".
Marble Falls How could something called “Black Friday” ever be seen as a good thing? When I hear the phrase, I hear echoes of the stock market crash signaling the Great Depression. I try to remember what terrorist event was connected to those words. I have a little shudder at what seems the …
Marble Falls I had to call our long-time volunteer pro-bono lawyer, former ACORN and Local 100 organizer, brother, and friend a week or so ago. He was running a little late. He was writing the draft lease for an antenna that the City Council of Eudora, Arkansas had agreed could be placed on …
Marble Falls Regular workers under fire from bosses is old news, and what many believe is just the way it is, and will always be. Class being what it is, that is just normal. Workers had their moment during the pandemic though. Many unheralded jobs suddenly became understood, sometimes for the first time, …