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".
Pearl River Remembering back almost a decade ago to the first Trump term seems almost nostalgic. We were so naïve about the accelerating implementation of new tactics, that then seemed absurd and were easily satirized, but have now proven to be stunningly effective. Kellyanne Conway had her Warholian minutes of fame, introducing the concept …
New Orleans Recently we looked a misinformation. In the same way that some programs, institutions, and people are putting their heads now in duck-and-cover maneuvers calling diversity “belonging,” climate change is now “extreme weather,” and for some misinformation is better labelled as “rumors.” Maybe that’s right. We can argue about what we understand …
New Orleans Misinformation is everywhere around us now poisoning our society and politics, dividing people, and polarizing countries and conflicts. We tend to think of misinformation as just political, but a special feature recently in Science magazine reminds us that this is a phenomenon that triggers scientific inquiry into its causes and effects. …