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 When it comes to surveillance the key takeaway is that we know better, but we can’t help ourselves. We’ve almost lost the fight before we even suit up for the battle. All of this came home hard when I was talking to George Washington University Law School Professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson …
Pearl River There are still a lot of “known unknowns” in the wake of the killing of the United Healthcare CEO with the killer still on the lam, but there are some serious, and, frankly, disturbing things we are learning already. Let’s start with the state of surveillance in New York City in the name …
Marble Falls George Orwell’s 1984 may have missed the year, but with the advent of computers and new monitoring software, he was right about the peril of constant surveillance, even if it has turned out to be more pronounced in the workplace than in public space. I say that with a slight modification, …