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 Every once in a while, I stumble onto something that surprises. It’s not an organization that is solving some huge injustice exactly, or even trying to make social change, much less a policy that will impact people, but still it’s making a difference when it matters in its own way, even if …
Nairobi Here’s the fiction: nonprofit hospitals are dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of their community, regardless of income. Because of this fiction, the IRS grants them a tax-exemption worth approximately $28 billion per year. Here’s the fact: they don’t act that way, especially the larger nonprofit hospital chains. ACORN and our partners, Local …
Marble Falls Why should we care about the headline grabbing drama in Silicon Valley and tech neighborhoods around the world about OpenAI and the fate of its globetrotting CEO Sam Altman? Good question, especially since every report is fabricated from hints, winks, and gestures, lacking any hard facts about exactly what triggered the …