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".
Little Rock Here’s an interesting issue that will increasingly become part of the public and private conflict around the polarizing issues of the pandemic: who pays for Covid-19 tests? Underneath the issue of mandates around masks and vaccination, testing is still vital. Often it is the twin in the either-or when workers and others …
Little Rock George Floyd was killed on May 25, 2020, way more than a year ago. The death prompted what may have been the largest collective number of protestors in US history hitting the streets. The Black Lives Matter Movement refocused interest and commitment on the condition of Black Americans and our unresolved issues around …
Atlanta Reading about the impact of mortgage lending discrimination and gentrification in New York City and its metropolitan area, this snippet jumped out at me: New York was ranked the ninth most segregated city in the country, according to a June study by the Othering & Belonging Institute at the University of California Berkeley. …