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".
New Orleans A political science professor at NYU, Adam Przeworski, has a disturbing theory about democracies, their stability, and their sustainability, which has gained increasing prominence. If he’s right, and there’s a lot of evidence that he’s got a point, even if he’s a bit off the mark, then none of us can …
New Orleans Tamsui is virtually at the end of the line for the vaunted trains of Taiwan to the north of the island, but still hardly an hour outside of Taipei. Nonetheless, the Organizers Forum jumped at the chance to get out of town, if that’s what it took to meet with Audrey Tang, …
Marble Falls I was asked to do keynote for a conference on development coming up soon, with the suggested topic being “challenges to democracy.” This is the African and African-American Education Research and Training (AADERT) conference, which has been held off and on for more than 30 years. I’m glad to carry this …