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 New Bloom was a fascinating operation on so many different levels. Mainly, it is an on-line newspaper covering Taiwan and Southeast Asia. It is also an all-volunteer social enterprise supported largely by coffee and liquor sales at its bar, because it is also an event space in the basement, hosting cultural events …
Taipei One lesson that seems unavoidable in Taiwan, at least from our readings and our early days, is how history is built on shifting sand, as much as hard rock. We also could not avoid this feeling in our visits to the both the National Museum and the Museum of Natural History. We might …
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 …