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 My father passed away fifteen years ago this June, but I couldn’t help thinking of the question he would often ask me when I returned from some country not in his own travelogue. He would ask me what to tell him what would interest him from my latest trip. Not having been …
Mumbai There’s nothing easy about Zoom governance. One thing in its favor is that it’s better than nothing, and so it’s the chosen alternative when ACORN leaders assemble internationally for our spring meeting. We’ve gotten better at it. Backgrounds are muted more often. There’s less waving at the screens for speakers to turn on their …
Pearl River Don’t be surprised if your boss starts trying to add a new rule in your workplace to restrict your access to your cellphone. He may claim it has to do with your concentration on the job, the customers, dangerous machinery and other reasons, but there may be a new worry the boss has. …