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".
Chicago We were three short, as Mayor Richie Daley vetoed our living wage measure for big box stores. Three decided that they wanted to join the race to the low road, rather than have community standards for wages in Chicago. The picture from the New York Times tells the story though it does not say …
New Orleans The President of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) is one of the most quotable and recognizable figures in public life in Canada. Besides running the largest private sector union with more than 250,000 members, Buzz Hargrove is one of those rare forces of nature that come into organizations from time to time and …
New Orleans New Orleans ACORN won again late Friday after a grueling and seemingly interminable City Council meeting when the Council voted to extend the controversial “gutting deadline” which had been stuck on the Katrina Anniversary, August 29th. After a long public fight and some sharp elbows inside, ACORN got the Council to vote 7-0 …