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 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. …
Pearl River Everywhere you go, everything you read, combines to convince all of us that it’s a brave new world. Robots and artificial intelligence are coming and companies sing a chorus of how good it’s going to be for all of us. Listening to Local 100’s staff on our weekly roundup call made me …