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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: April 2013

Student Testing and Teacher Evaluations Both Failing our Schools

Education April 3, 2013April 3, 2013 by digital

Houston   The very idea of watching 34 school employees along with a former schools superintendent indicted in Atlanta for a student testing scandal should bring chills up the backs of parents, school systems, and particularly politicians all over the country.  Not that this is unusual.  In fact it is another all too common cheating scandal …

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India’s Supreme Court Gives Temporary Victory for Key Generic Drugs

Health Care April 2, 2013April 2, 2013 by digital

New Orleans   Thanks to a decision by the Supreme Court in India many desperately ill leukemia patients in Africa and Asia will live, though of course many more will die.  The court ruled that that Indian pharmaceutical factories can continue making a generic version of the drug Gleevec made by Novartis.  In the developed world …

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How Critical is “Future Flow” to Labor Unions?

Immigration Reform Labor Organizing National Politics April 1, 2013April 1, 2013 by digital

New Orleans    Senator Mark Rubio of Florida cautions that there may be much work to be done on a new immigration bill, but I really wonder if that actually means that he is not ready to slip from attention yet or is trying to drag a potential bill down with some of his own issues?  Optimism …

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