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".
Katmandu For a long, long time, I’ve had a Google Alert for ACORN. How else would I have been able to keep up with the roses and brickbats thrown in our path? Sure, there were times like Thanksgiving and deer season where my feed would be inundated with news of either the size of …
Delhi You know there’s something afoot when people know you are flying through Delhi and not just one, but several of them, send you links about the way that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is teargassing farmers who are once again this year planning a siege of Delhi and heading here now, …
Newark Countries everywhere might have something to learn from Indonesia. Yes, you heard me. Indonesians know how to get the vote out, even if sometimes their politicians don’t serve them well. They make voting and election day a celebration and call it a “Pesta Demokrasi,” or Democracy Party. It works too. In the last …