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 When it comes to Big Tech these days, we live in their world, and they are constantly putting that fact right in our faces. Their mission seems to be to make every day Halloween. If you want their treat, though it might seem freely offered, there’s a trick somewhere embedded in …
New Orleans Michael Zweig has had an interesting career on the left. He remembers the 60s and 70s, not as a cultural phenomenon, but as a set of political events that shaped his life and eventual career. He was at the birthing of the Student for a Democratic Society (SDS) in the throes …
New Orleans For years, many have talked about the importance in communities of so-called “third spaces.” These are the wonderful in-between areas between the public and private spheres, occupying what was hoped to be a neutral space of comfort and security for all. Third spaces were places where money and status, race and gender, …