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".
Toronto It is not often that my friends in Canada are willing to concede that there might be a service in the US that is superior to what exists in the great north, so I was paying careful attention to the torrent of complaints that spewed forth before the beer was even on the table …
New Orleans I got a call late Mardi Gras afternoon on my cell from James Salt, the organizing director for something called Catholics United. He got right to the point. The rightwing within the Catholic Church (yes, I know some of you are chuckling that you thought that was the only wing, but keep it …
New York City Speaking at the Williams Club was not on the top list of things I simply had to do before breathing dirt, but I counted on it being an interesting educational experience, so I wasn’t disappointed. It seems all of the college-based clubs that are based in NYC for the Ivy League and …