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".
New Orleans Handling remittances from working immigrant families is such a lucrative business that progress is measured in very small steps. We were delighted to take one with Scotia Bank when they announced in Toronto that they were lowering costs for remittances from their account holders using a combination of their online access and a …
Tegucigalpa On Sunday morning I had awaken again on the COMUCAP mountain properties in one of their cabanas. After dawn I had walked down along the gladiola lined pathway to see not only the aloe vera fields but also the truck garden of sorts at the base with its radishes, squash, and whatever. It was …
Marcala There’s something incongruous about writing this on a small netbook computer at the top of the mountain again with the wind roaring outside bringing a real chill despite the summer all around the valley and hillsides, and doing so by candlelight as I await daybreak in the predawn. Coming off the mountain yesterday, the …