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 On the eve of Labor Day, I found myself talking with Middlebury Sociology Professor Jamie McCallum on Wade’s World about a range of topics from worker surveillance to hours of work to the impact of the pandemic on workers to the state of unions today, since McCallum was also a former SEIU organizer …
Hurricane Ida caused widespread damage and flooding, where it made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 storm and traveled north, inflicting more casualties. Your donation to the Hurricane Ida Relief Fund will provide emergency aid like food, water, medicine, and shelter to impacted communities, ACORN staff, and local members. Once immediate needs are met, …
Natchez I’m falling down on a regular basis on my daily regimen. First, I miss a Friday by taking my first sick day in several decades thanks to a copperhead. Now, I let a hurricane slow my roll and upend my schedule. What next? We woke in the predawn on Saturday in Little Rock to …