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".
Marble Falls In the way that expressions stick, whether true or not, it’s not hard to hear people of all stripes and persuasions exclaim, “this isn’t my first rodeo!” Every once in a while, I wonder if, in fact, these folks have ever been to a rodeo? For my part, my first, was …
Pearl River Recently, we looked at interesting developments in using artificial intelligence and internet applications to advance direct democracy in countries as varied as Taiwan and Brazil. There are other forms of direct democracy still practiced old school. Political and economic pundits have gone into high gear about competing voter initiatives on the ballot …
Marble Falls There’s trouble in MAGA land. The White House must know this, even if Trump is oblivious. On a Sunday, along with my son, we immersed ourselves in the heart of Trump and MAGA land in the Arkansas Ozarks. I’m not saying that the whole northwestern corner of Arkansas is scarlet red. …