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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

Triple Play

ACORN Ideas and Issues Personal Writings February 20, 2008 by wade

New Orleans      This is a sneaky blog: a welcome to spring training curve ball kind of blog. Strike one: Fidel retired. This was supposed to be the day the right have prayed would happen to start a new day. Instead the reaction was “yawn,” and nothing has changed, but….note with interest editorials like …

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Living Longer

Financial Justice Health Care Ideas and Issues February 19, 2008 by wade

New York City        More evidence continues to pour in with one report after another where the conclusion seems past debate that if you really want to live longer, you had better not be poor.  The latest by the American Cancer Society focused on the likelihood of early diagnosis (and therefore intervention) in the top …

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Bachmann’s Note

ACORN Ideas and Issues Personal Writings February 18, 2008 by wade

New Orleans     Steve Bachmann, erstwhile counsel to ACORN and the legions for three decades sent a wide ranging email that he thought needed to be posted far and wide. He had obviously been spending a pleasant Sunday afternoon nestled against the Indiana winter in front of the fire reading the latest issue of Harper’s …

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