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".
Little Rock There are so many conspiracies and controversies out there these days, who has time to shovel past the first couple of inches to suss many of them out? Not me, for sure, but that doesn’t mean that we bury our head in the dirt, does it? No, we pick and choose. For …
Pearl River I swear I don’t have a chip on my shoulder, but I can’t be sure. It’s more a kind of a love-hate relationship. I read the New York Times daily when it shows up on the front stoop. I read it on-line when on the road, and then go page-by-page, when I hit …
Taipei The twenty-five-year-old, Taipei Times, describes itself as the “last surviving English-language print newspaper in Taiwan.” Reportedly, thirty percent of the Taiwanese speak English, but given how difficult it is for any newspaper to survive, it shouldn’t be a surprise that specialized papers like the Taipei Times live constantly on the edge of …