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".
Pearl River I read Daisy Pitkin’s book, On the Line: A Story of Class, Solidarity, and Two Women’s Epic Fight to Build a Union” quickly when the publisher sent it along, and after a couple of misconnections and fumbled dates, we talked recently on Wade’s World. As an organizer reading an organizer’s tales, I …
New Orleans If the Congressional investigation committee, the so-called January 6th committee, chaired by Mississippi Representative Bennie Thompson, is even half-right, this whole matter of former President Trump and the Capitol assault has now transcended partisan politics and score settling. This matter has now become a matter of protecting the country and any …
New Orleans If you’re in the market to buy a house, you’re in trouble. The current economy is not your friend. The bad news just keeps on coming. Interest rates have jumped to 5.27%, the highest level in 13-years, piling hundreds of dollars onto monthly payments, and over 30-years, a wheelbarrow full …