October 2, 2008
After an Embezzlement, an Advocacy Group Seeks to Regain Trust
In the grand scheme of foundation and nonprofit scandals over the past decade, the embezzlement of almost $1-million at the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, better known as Acorn, seems like small potatoes.
What makes this malfeasance particularly glaring is the organization's success over 38 years in organizing hundreds of thousands of poor and working-class people. It has achieved major victories in influencing policies at all levels of government to better
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