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".
New Orleans “Oh, when will they ever learn?” The tag line from the old Pete Seeger rendition of “Where Have All the Flowers Gone” locked in my brain, as I read about the campus arrests at Columbia and Yale Universities of pro-Palestinian protestors. I have to wonder who advises these fancy, elite college presidents, …
Marble Falls While some are tearing their hair about artificial intelligence, TikTok, video streaming, self-driving cars, and autonomous killer drones at the far reaches of the internet and tech world, it continues to be amazing how many of us are still struggling with the ever urgent need to bridge the digital divide for …
Salvador, Brazil There is no question that there has been a mass movement in Israel in opposition to the anti-democratic lurching to the far right that seems to have been the price Benjamin Netanyahu was more than willing to pay to return to power. The biggest flashpoint has been the attempt to gut the …