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".
Marble Falls The internet is now regularly making all the lists of top ten inventions in civilization contributing to our modern world. Who can deny it? Who among us can now live without it? Artificial intelligence is contending for a place on the list, to both applause and anguish. The concern is how …
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 …