New Orleans Finally as the campaigns begin to grip the likely closeness of the election, there is some pushback against the massive state-by-state efforts to suppress or drive down the likely voters, especially among lower and minority citizens. Attorney General Eric Holder in triggering federal litigation in several states has correctly referred to such measures, …
Category: ACORN
Looking at Occupy and the Arab Spring
Springfield Looking at the connections and contrasts between the revolutionary upheavals of the Arab Spring in the Middle East and the Occupy Movement was an irresistible topic for the 20th conference of AADERT (African and African-American Development, Education, Research, and Training) at Springfield College. In fact anything that seeks to look deeply at social movements and …
Video Series: Lessons From ACORN
The videos below are from Wade’s appearance at the ‘Lessons from ACORN’ panel organized by Oregon State Professor Marisa Chappell at the national conference of the Organization of American Historians in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.