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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: August 2010

Second Circuit Tries Hoisting ACORN on Its Own Petard

ACORN Community Organizing Personal Writings August 15, 2010August 15, 2010 by wade

Laramie I may be stuck in Laramie, but I adapt and make the best of it, which is what organizers do by nature and training.  I spent a couple of hours at Coal Creek Coffee downtown in no small part because generally coffee in Wyoming sucks, despite the greatness of the state, and because the …

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Big Crowd, Affordable Housing Crisis

Ideas and Issues August 14, 2010August 14, 2010 by wade

Laramie Afraid to push my luck any further on this hard journey, so pulled over in the Laramie to wait overnight to fix a wheel bearing. Nice town, cool nights and mornings already; I tell people I was born here and they are friendly about it. I read an amazing story in the Wall Street …

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Schoolhouse Duck Club, WAR, and the West

Ideas and Issues August 13, 2010 by wade

Lakeview, Montana Good friends are gold in these mountains, and because of that my son and I have had the opportunity to visit the Schoolhouse Duck Club nine different times over the last 23 years sometimes with other good friends and other times with the rest of my family.  The Schoolhouse is over 100 years …

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