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".
Houston If we don’t have enough to worry about, there’s always more, right? Organizationally and personally, we’re fans of open source as our choice for access to email and internet. I should add to databases for ACORN members as well, since we use Civi. Why support the tech overlords anymore than we must? That’s …
Baltimore Believe me, I know some stonecold ChatGPT lovers, who dove hard and use this version of artificial intelligence every day. In the last couple of days, two of them announced they had deleted it completely, after having depended on it deeply. I don’t know if there’s a worldwide or national boycott or what, …
New Orleans A five-week nurses’ strike recently ended with hospitals in New York City. There have been other strikes around the country led by the National Nurses Union, SEIU, and other unions. Casual observers may read the headlines about wages and patient care, nod, and keep going, believing it’s same ‘ol, same ‘ol. …