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".
Calgary Here’s a way that I’m clearly out of synch with contemporary life and culture. I try to keep up. I read the papers. Every once in a while, I look at social media or this and that. I know what AI is and can follow the issues. I’ve used ChatGPT from time to …
New Orleans It almost seems quaint to remember that some decades ago, the rise of “contingent” workers was seen as a big deal and an emerging crisis for US workers. Countless studies, books, and ad hoc coalitions arrived to look at the problem. These were workers essentially on-call without full-time schedules or benefits …
Little Rock Everyone in America may not know Abrego Garcia’s name, but there are few people who haven’t gotten the word that a man was mistakenly deported to a heinous prison in El Salvador. In some crazy calculation that is beyond me, Trump and his administration have staked out their position in both federal …