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 Much of the point that Bob Keefe makes about climate is embedded right in his word coinage: climatenomics. The heart of his argument is that economics is now about climate and that the efforts to deal with climate change will increasingly be driven by economics. Putting a finer point on climatenomics, Keefe …
New Orleans We’ve talked about some of this before, but it’s such a great story, it’s worth retelling for any who haven’t heard it. I was reminded of the great effort by US debt activists reading a piece recently in Mother Jones that hit all the right notes quickly from start to Occupy …
New Orleans During this year’s US Independence Day, I was in London speaking to ACORN members there and answering questions, following a screening of the The Organizer, about ACORN history among other things. I was asked whether ACORN, at the national or international level, used patriotism as an organizing tool or principle. The …