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".
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 …
Taipei With a time difference of thirteen hours between Taipei and New Orleans, we surprised ourselves by trying to be smart about the problem by arriving in Taiwan on Thursday evening, so we had a chance to adjust a bit before the Sunday kickoff of the Organizer’s Forum. Doing so, also made the three …
New Orleans Yeah, yeah, Trump is on trial. We all know that. He’s logging another historical marker as the first president to ever face a criminal trial. It’s a hometown crowd for him, but a place where he won’t find as many friendly faces in the jury from a pool of his neighbors …