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 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 …
Pearl River Over the last couple of years in talking to ACORN organizers in the UK and Europe, I’ve often heard tidbits about tenants organizing with some strength and success in Barcelona, Spain. In Brussels last month, I barely missed meeting one of the leaders and organizers of the tenants’ union there, when it …