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 We got lucky. We took a chance and left Natchez, Mississippi, where we had sheltered, and bet that despite the Katrina anniversary horrors wrought by Ida, that we might be alright near the Pearl River on the Mississippi border. The odds were all in our favor. We had cameras at the camp …
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, …