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".
May 3, 2021 New Orleans In ACORN’s heyday in Chicago, the heartland of our greatest strength was in Englewood on the South Side, whether it was local issues or flexing our political muscles. As proof of that power, we elected Ted Thomas, the chair of ACORN’s Chicago board as alderman in the 15th District and …
May 2, 2021 Pearl River Normally, about this time of year we would be locking down the location for the annual Organizers Forum International Dialogue. When the board of Labor Neighbor Research & Training Center met recently for the second straight time we bowed to the inevitable and recorded unanimous votes to cancel the dialogue …
May 1, 2021 New Orleans Quarterly earnings reports from the big five tech conglomerates, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook Google, and Amazon were way over one-trillion-dollars and up 25% over the same quarter last year, regardless – or perhaps – because of the pandemic. One paper noted that in one month these five horsemen earn more than …