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".
Bengaluru First in Delhi, and now in Benglauru, it seems change is all around, but I’m not sure if it’s a sign of the times, or that I’ve been coming to these cities so regularly over the last more than 20 years that I keep seeing the past in the present and vice versa. …
Delhi Getting back to Delhi, I was looking forward to catching up with the work ACORN has been doing with various groups of informal workers through our affiliate Janaphal. On my last visit, the progress in uniting our own hawkers’ unions and associations with other hawkers’ groups in different cities across the country had …
New Orleans Gautam Adani is one of the richest men in the world. He’s not Elon Musk, but he’s in the neighborhood with a net worth of about $85 billion. His companies in India are octopus-like with tentacles in many critical areas. Coal is still a huge energy source in India, and his operations …