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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".

CASA Again on the Frontline

Immigrant Supreme Court August 7, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            Marble Falls        Ok, we all know that one of the first wild and crazy executive orders President Trump signed was a shot at the upper deck in the bleachers to end birthright citizenship.  It didn’t really matter to him that the Constitution is crystal clear that if you were born here under any …

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Call Uber for Sexual Assault

Corporate Responsibility Crimes Rideshare August 6, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            Marble Falls       When I’m not at homebase, I try to call at 7AM sharp to mi companera, no matter where I am in the world.  I wasn’t surprised that today’s call tracked the story in the Times about persistent and epidemic sexual assault for women riders using the rideshare company, Uber.  She was …

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Another Day Older, and…

ACORN Personal Writings August 5, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            Marble Falls       The ACORN staff policies manual, which, believe me, no one pays much attention to, says that if you worked during any of the holidays, you can take off either June 18th, ACORN’s Anniversary, or your birthday.  With one thing and another, work, travel, and daily tasks, I do between some and …

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Interviews with Wade Rathke

04/16/2021

Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

03/18/2021

Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

Wade Interview in Czech Republic

Sherry Linkon's Interview with Wade Rathke on the show "Lincoln Avenue" on WYSU radio about "Organizing and Citizen Wealth"

Italian Interview with Wade

Halo Noviny: The occupation of the Wall Street fills us with hope (Czech-Language)

Religion Dispatches: Forty-year organizing veteran has plenty of new ideas

Corporate Knights: The Magazine for Clean Capitalism

Intrepid Liberal Journal

The Peter B Collins Show

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