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".
Northern Ontario Before dawn, I slipped a canoe into the inlet at Stoney Lake in northern Ontario, where the staff of ACORN Canada was meeting for training and planning sessions. Most of the supermoon was above me, and the dawn was gradually breaking in the east as I paddled back, having flushed several Canadian …
Toronto This must be a painful report to issue for Leanin, the organization begun by former Facebook executive Sheryl Sanberg. A 10-year study begun in 2015 that looked at 1000 companies and how they handled moving women from entry levels forward found a dispiriting lack of progress. The study by McKinsey and Leanin.Org, as …
New Orleans Not all bizarre news is about the presidential election, especially in what passes for modern warfare. We’ve been amazed at the use of drones by both sides in Ukraine. Now, pagers were detonated in Lebanon as an Israeli strike against Hezbollah, killing a dozen and injuring close to 3000. First, I should explain …