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".
Taipei We landed in Taipei almost 30-minutes early after a twelve-and-a-half hour flight from San Francisco. We cleared customs, baggage claim, and money changing within one-hour of landing, which is amazing in itself. The express train to the central station was only twenty-two minutes and hardly cost $4 USD per person. All good so far! …
San Francisco Last year the Organizers’ Forum marked more than 20 years by returning to Brazil, where we had inaugurated the Forum initially. We had grabbed the opportunity to have be there on the eve of Lula’s first election and then book ended with his return once for another term. This year we’re …
New Orleans We hear a lot about the Federal Reserve, especially when the nation is struggling to deal with either unemployment or inflation, or, worse, both at the same time. Former President Trump in a hollow piece of demagoguery claimed recently that if elected, he would make sure interest rates were lowered. In …