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".
Pearl River It took a while to get Professor Danielle Thomsen from the University of California at Irvine on Wade’s World to talk about her research explicated in, The Money Signal: How Fundraising Matters in American Politics. We published an excerpt months ago in Social Policy, but then had to wait until after her …
Pearl River Every once in a while, it’s hard to deny that the world has moved on and I’m still sitting in the back of the class in the old school. I still write checks by hand, both personally and for the organization, when called to do so. I’m getting the feeling that I …
New Orleans I was pleased recently, as I read my daily New York Times, to see one of their columnists, Michelle Goldberg, who I read fairly regularly and admire, throw out some suggestions for donations in the Times Opinion Giving Guide 2025. This is an interesting feature that seems newish to me, but …