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 When I saw the headline, I cringed. I knew trouble was coming. What were they thinking?!? House Speaker wannabe, Kevin McCarthy, had only weeks earlier caught a bit of heat hinting that if Republicans took control of Congress the virtually unanimous support for the Ukrainian efforts to resist the Russian invasion …
New Orleans Before union organizing becomes a marathon, it’s important to sprint as fast as you can until the companies catch up. Sadly, we’re seeing this unfold now in the nascent efforts to organize workers at Amazon and Starbucks. The old saying that the “bigger they come, the harder they fall” is an …
New Orleans Until recently, I don’t recall hearing the term “gaslighting,” but now it seems like it crops up everywhere. I’d read that the concept was resuscitated from a theatrical play in the 30’s and an Ingrid Bergman movie called Gas Light in the 40’s, but none of that helped me with …