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 Another Black Friday has come and gone, or has it? Now, there’s Cyber-Monday, and every kind of small business seems to be jumping on the bandwagon at least pretending there’s a sale on offer. I even read some report about a woman who specialized in finding cheaper prices than Amazon on …
New Orleans When it comes to Big Tech these days, we live in their world, and they are constantly putting that fact right in our faces. Their mission seems to be to make every day Halloween. If you want their treat, though it might seem freely offered, there’s a trick somewhere embedded in …
New Orleans Michael Zweig has had an interesting career on the left. He remembers the 60s and 70s, not as a cultural phenomenon, but as a set of political events that shaped his life and eventual career. He was at the birthing of the Student for a Democratic Society (SDS) in the throes …