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 In helping various communities apply for low power FM radio stations eighteen months ago, many colleagues we contacted asked us a surprising question, which was essentially, “why bother with radio?” In the contemporary obsession with social media, the internet, and technology in general, I would have thought the answer to that question …
Pearl River There’s a long chapter in the autocrats’ playbook on going after the nonprofit sector. In India, Russia, Turkey, Hungary, Morocco, and countless other countries, first you attack and cut off foreign funding. Next you investigate them forcibly and publicly with uniformed police, guns drawn, and seize records, computers, phones, and bank accounts. …
Pearl River In these dark days of rage, it’s easy to lose track of some of the other outrages that are out there. We’ve looked at this issue before, but maybe it’s time to look again. I’m not simply talking about artificial intelligence. I imagine we’ll be looking at that issue forever and a …