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 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 …
New Orleans It’s fascinating to watch the cultural czars twist themselves into pretzels trying to align the power plays of Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, the two reigning queens of popular music, with their tastes and biases. These two singing sisters have a huge fan base, and they know how to use them, which …