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".
Kolkata I first came to Kolkata with the Organizers’ Forum more than twenty years ago. Unlike the megacities of Mumbai, Delhi, and Bengaluru, Kolkata seems largely unchanged so far, something like the old India. The streets were full and pulsating as we came into town after midnight from the airport, which had seen an …
Delhi There’s no way to keep up with the chaos of the current Trump administration, but it is possible to understand how they work, and where they are going. Or, maybe I should say that I increasingly have a working theory. I think they know the clock is ticking, so they have to …
Pearl River One company and university after another is dropping any pretense of trying to achieve diversity, equity, and inclusion or DEI now. Most of them are doing so either because they claim they are under attack by conservatives; they are trying to align with Trump executive orders around federal monies and agencies; or …