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 A half-moon was peaking through the clouds as I walked the dog in the predawn, but they had become wispy as I left the dock to navigate my way up the bayou. The water had risen during the night, so it was easy to climb into the canoe. When it’s low, it’s more of a downward …
New Orleans In some countries, like the United Kingdom, a significant part of ACORN’s work involves going toe to toe with real estate companies and their agencies, that are called “letting” agencies across the pond, as in “to let” or to rent. Like mortgage brokers in the home markets, these folks are often the behind-the-scenes facilitators and …
New Orleans If you had asked me 47 years ago when I was living and working in Arkansas as the founder and chief organizer of ACORN, if I would ever have written a sentence that included the words, “Alan Leveritt is Right,” I would have agreed, because then Alan touted himself as a libertarian of sorts …