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ACORN: The New York Times, Lies, and Videotape
The New York Times hit ACORN with a one-two punch last weekend, making sure that the community organizing group — flattened by attacks from...
How Did the Media Fail ACORN and Organizing?
Organizing has been under attack for years, but this time around, the media has been directly complicit in severely damaging one of most influential advocates for low- and moderate-income families in the country. How did the media miss the real story behind the assault on ACORN?
What Is ACORN?
By now, most Americans have heard of ACORN. We know them as the national anti-poverty group, which uses community organizing to provide invaluable services...
After the Politicking, Let’s Remember ACORN’s Vital Work
ACORN has been falsely charged in the news media, by politicians, and even by some supporters. This was the point driven home by Wade...
Who’s Afraid of ACORN, and Why
Yesterday I posted here on Rooflines to explain the back-story behind the latest round of accusations about ACORN and voter fraud.
Today, the McCain-Palin campaign...
Roasting a Fire Under ACORN
It’s September here in the Northeast and the acorns falling from the oak trees, including those from the Northern Red Oak, New Jersey’s state...
Court Rules That Congress Unfairly Singled Out ACORN
A federal judge blocked U.S. officials from enforcing a funding ban on ACORN, one of America’s most effective anti-poverty groups. Congress cut off funding...
Karl Rove v. ACORN
Now we know that Karl Rove spearheaded the firing of David Iglesias, the U.S. Attorney in New Mexico who refused to follow the Bush...
The War on ACORN
The political and media war against ACORN continues. In an article published today on the Web site of Editor & Publisher, the well-known magazine...
ACORN Under Fire, But Is It Justified?
With less than one month left until Election Day, the Republican Party voter repression machine is at it again and once again, its target...
ACORN’s Legacy Is Anything But “In Brief”
Tom Robbins, writing for The Village Voice, characterizes ACORN as the kneecapped star outfielder on the World Series opposition to (assumedly) the right wing’s...
With ACORN, Transparency Is Just as Important as Good Values
The last few months has seen a number of articles, editorials, and interviews about the lack of financial responsiveness and accountability in the private...
In Maryland, Holding Anti-ACORN Activists Accountable
A group of activists are fighting back against the Glenn Becks, Andrew Breitbarts, and the rest of the Fox News propaganda machine who have...
Picking Up Acorn’s Pieces
The loss of ACORN and changes in election laws could keep young people from voting in 2012. Will community-based efforts to engage young, disenfranchised voters fill the vacuum?
Enraging the Right
It’s not everyday that a powerful right-wing think tank takes aim at a grassroots organization – after all, there are many groups working in...
Sowing Seeds of Change: Q&A with John Atlas
Editors of sat down recently with John Atlas, NHI board president and author of Seeds of Change: The Story of ACORN, America's Most Controversial Antipoverty Community Organizing Group, to discuss the organization itself, as well as organizing on a national level, tensions between organizing and development, and lessons learned from the downfall of the once-powerful antipoverty organization.
The “Real Threat” of ACORN
We’ve long said here that the right-wing attacks on ACORN are rooted in fear: fear of voter registration, fear of increased wages for working...
A Small Victory for ACORN?
There was some good news yesterday for ACORN, the 40-year-old, and largest grass-roots community organization in the country, as a federal judge ruled that...
ACORN Turns Up The Volume
In September, when Congress voted to ban federal funds for ACORN, it was clear, if it hadn’t been already, that the organization had emerged...
The Battle in Brooklyn
In June 2004, inside Brooklyn’s Borough Hall, a stage was packed with New York’s most important political, labor, community and religious leaders. One of...