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".
May 1, 2021 New Orleans Quarterly earnings reports from the big five tech conglomerates, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook Google, and Amazon were way over one-trillion-dollars and up 25% over the same quarter last year, regardless – or perhaps – because of the pandemic. One paper noted that in one month these five horsemen earn more than …
April 23, 2021 New Orleans Talking to Margot Bloomstein was quite a bit out of my lane, but I like to think I’m still educable. I had been hooked by an email where she seemed to be slamming Victoria Secret to their knees and kicking them in the guts, according to her publicist. The company …
April 3, 2021 Pearl River Persistence, tactical discipline, and strategic commitment, along with constant struggle were the hallmarks of the Latino resistance that ended up driving the popular battle against Maricopa County, Arizona’s self-appointed “America’s sheriff,” Joe Arpaio. At least those were the arguments made by Terry Greene Sterling and Jude Joffe-Block in our conversation …