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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".

Month: February 2008

Hawkers, Peddlers, and the Food Desert

Financial Justice Ideas and Issues Personal Writings February 29, 2008 by wade

Atlanta        Following the halla bol in India earlier this week where hawkers, peddlers and smaller traders have joined with India FDI Watch Campaign to force more accountability from large big box corporate retail in that country, it may all seem very quaint to read and very “developing nation.”  Many readers must sigh and think, …

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Ickes: Last of a Breed

ACORN Ideas and Issues Personal Writings February 28, 2008 by wade

New Orleans Harold Ickes, Jr. may seem like the last of a breed, but he has been one of the great political organizers of this generation, usually way, way behind the scenes where what matters is the ability to get things done, rather than how much sugar he can put in everyone’s coffee. From time …

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State Long Term Care Insurance Scam

ACORN Financial Justice Health Care Ideas and Issues Personal Writings February 27, 2008 by wade

New Orleans        A piece in the Wall Street Journal by Jennifer Levitz and Kelly Greene confirmed an unsettling trend we have seen coming into the ACORN Centers in some of our offices.  The ACORN Centers provide tax and benefit services for low- and moderate-income families in our cities.  In several situations tax counselors have …

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