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".
Pearl River Understandably, many are sick and tired of hearing about artificial intelligence. Is it creating some jobs, while taking away others? Is it altering the domestic and global economy, for better or worse? There are many questions and lots of opinions, but few answers. Here’s another one: can AI help save democracy? That’s …
Pearl River When I think of animal rights two things come to mind. One is the argument made by philosopher and advocate Paul Singer, whose books I have read, that make the case that they are sentient beings at many levels and deserving of attention and care for that reason. The other is PETA, …
Pearl River This is one of those multiple degrees of separation things that takes twists and turns between politics, conspiracy, and the general bizarre linking Andrew Breitbart, the rightwing provocateur, whose name survives still in a whack website he founded, Saul Alinksy, the legendary community organizing icon, and, as it turned out, someone caught …