ACORN's Real Crime: Empowering the Poor

AlterNet by Jim Hightower | Jan. 25, 2010 (Opinion)
ACORN helps the poor become political and economic players. That's why the money powers unleashed right-wing politics to go after ACORN with a blood lust.

This democratization process is the essence of self-government, and ACORN has been remarkably successful at it. Having organized half a million members into 1,200 neighborhood chapters in 110 cities and 39 states, the group has become our nation's most effective voice of, by, and for modest-income families. As a Texas ACORN member put it, "Once you get involved, you will never be satisfied with grumbling again. After getting organized and making change ... Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Feb. 21, 2010

Hightower goes to the core of the attacks upon ACORN, which the mainstream press seems unaware of in their reporting on the attempted phone bugging in a Senate office.

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