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 Picking up a copy of the Times of India, while waiting for ACORN’s Indian organizing directors for another session of our annual meetings, there were several articles on how Elon Musk and his Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE) has supposedly uncovered a grant for $21 million from a division of the United States …
Heerlen There are many columns in the Times and of course other papers that I frankly refuse to read anymore. Nicholas Kristof and Thomas Friedman are maddening examples. I would rather read the conservative columnists without pretense, rather than these apologists for neoliberalism, self-delusion, and general whining. One column that I have read more …
Atlanta Our daily paper in New Orleans gets thinner and thinner. In the latest reduction, the formerly four sections have now been combined into two sections. Metro is just another flip of the page from the front, and the Living section finds its way around Sports. It may be skinny and offer little but …