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".
Washington – Dulles Pandemic “over.” Back in the air, we go! You’d think airlines and airports would be happy to have us back. In some ways, maybe they are, but be careful about jumping to quick conclusions. Airports are definitely busier. The line at security in New Orleans at 6AM was epic, snaking …
Montreal If you’re looking for leadership from the AFL-CIO to meet the challenge of this movement moment among workers, you may have to keep looking. When newly elected AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler was elected to a full four-year term in the AFL-CIO convention, she declared a one-million new member goal. Reportedly, there was a …
New Orleans The House of Representatives January 6th committee’s second public hearing offers a key lesson that anyone should learn by heart, if they didn’t know it deeply already: when your key people tell you, “it’s over”, the odds are clear, that’s it’s over, and time to go. In a lifetime of somehow …