Did the Times just happen to discover ACORN, and find someone to tell them that there’s a trend here? Or is there, in fact, a “broader surge in populist organizing around the country centered on issues like wages, gentrification, environmental disputes and immigrant rights”?
“Over the last 10 years we’ve seen pretty explosive growth in the number and scale of community groups working in poor communities and with people of color,” said Deepak Bhargava, of the Center for Community Change, a Washington-based support center for local organizers. Mr. Bhargava said the activism was “approaching a scale that could have a transforming effect on American politics and society.”
Sure would be interesting (and encouraging) to see the numbers behind this.
