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 I may be a techno-peasant, but I at least like to keep up. That’s not to say, that I’ve tried any of the artificial intelligence or AI things that are out there, but I’m what you might call AI-adjacent, in the weird, but common parlance popular these days. My daughter showed …
Marble Falls The nonprofit sector of our economy is huge. The tattered social services safety net depends on charity. All of which has created a considerable cottage industry of experts and systems to harvest donations. The intentions might be noble, but the implementation often seems more about tax advantages than acts of good …
New Orleans In principle, it’s hard to be a fan of foundations. Too many of the rich and super rich use them as little more than tax dodges, choosing their own personal aggrandizement over paying for public services and needs to be approved by the people. The devil needs to be given his …