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 The headline in the New Orleans Times-Picayune read, “ACORN, based in N.O., was a target of IRS,” so it caught my eye. The story to no surprise concerned revelations of recently available unedited documents from the IRS released by Congressman Elijah Cummings from Maryland and others that ACORN and its successor organizations were …
Little Rock Congress has left for a 5-week summer vacation, and this time whether they have earned it or not, they probably need the rest. Perhaps in some kind of rehab clinic or re-education camp in fact, because one vote after another in the House of Representatives in recent weeks could be clinically classified as …
Rock Creek More than a year ago, ACORN International’s affiliate in the Czech Republic approached with an unusual request. Exiles from Guinea, living in Prague, had asked for the organization’s help and assistance in organizing an affiliate of ACORN International in this country in West Africa. And, why not, since Guinea, formerly French Guinea, is …