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 monthly roundup of key directors of ACORN operations started with reports from Delhi, where our affiliates had broken through with huge victories in recent weeks. Dharmendra Kumar reported significant successes in our organizations of informal workers among street vendors and gig workers. For hawkers, the story starts more than a …
Pearl River Recently, we looked at interesting developments in using artificial intelligence and internet applications to advance direct democracy in countries as varied as Taiwan and Brazil. There are other forms of direct democracy still practiced old school. Political and economic pundits have gone into high gear about competing voter initiatives on the ballot …
New Orleans Sometimes you just have to scratch your head and wonder what’s happening when it doesn’t add up to expectations and usual information. I had that feeling as I read several things about the economy recently. On one hand, contrary to a lot of talk from the White House, the US has …