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 One thing leads to another. Easy to say, but hard to endure, especially when it comes to the economic damage that keeps spreading from the pandemic shutdowns. This is the real trickledown economics, and it’s not a good thing. In this case, I’m talking about remittances from migrant workers and immigrant families …
New Orleans Central America doesn’t get the press on the coronavirus pandemic, but it’s as real there as it is in other countries, except perhaps more dangerous since these countries lack the same level of infrastructure and capacity. Guatemala managed to break into the news cycle recently with a plea to the White House …
San Pedro Sula We had weathered another difficult annual general meeting of Honduras ACORN midway between Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula. It was a difficult three-hour session as the leadership tried to navigate the legal requirements and the election of officers. The biggest issue was the classic one: power sharing to allow the organization to …
San Pedro Sula There’s no agreement in Honduras about much except the fact that the economy continues lagging and unemployment is acute, government is inept, and corruption is rampant. Getting specifics past these general statements is a longer climb. The big topic on all tongues is the conviction of the President’s brother in a jury …
San Pedro Sula It started innocently enough. It wasn’t intended, but was clearly meant to be. I had to drive from San Pedro Sula to Siguatepeque, Honduras. I woke up early, as always, and the first order of business, as always, was measuring the “architecture of my day,” which in this case meant determining what …