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 We’ve looked at the diversity and governance of rural electric cooperatives closely over the last five or six years. By we, I mean ACORN International, Labor Neighbor Research & Training Center, and Local 100 United Labor Unions that came together as the Rural Power Project. It hasn’t been a pretty picture. …
Pearl River There was a time in the late 1960s, when there was a lot of talk among many of us, who were hoping and wishing for change in America, about whether we could make it happen by working on the inside. We were radicals of a sort, so when these late-night discussions …
Pearl River Let’s talk about the FBI searching Trump’s place at Mar-de-Largo and the hootenanny from the right that followed their look see for all of the secret documents that Trump had been playing hide-and-seek with the National Archives since he left office. My kneejerk reaction has been, “get over yourself!” Where are these …