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".
April 26, 2021 New Orleans I got my education in the racial and income bridges within families, mothers, and children early as an organizer for the National Welfare Rights Organization. Women of all races, but mainly the Black and brown members of the groups we organized in Springfield, Massachusetts during the late 1960s would regularly …
New Orleans In the last couple of days I’ve read various campaign pronouncements on capping the cost of childcare and capping student loan payments. Hey, tell me we can’t all get behind something like that. But, I was struck by the fact that the ceiling on both of these onerous burdens for millions of working …