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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: January 2014

Movement to Raise Minimum Wages Going Strong across the Country

ACORN January 4, 2014 by digital

New Orleans  It’s encouraging to see the increasing momentum building across the country both at the state and city level for increases in the minimum wage.             The signature victory in SeaTac, Washington outside of Seattle, narrowly winning $15 per hour has attracted huge interest and unfortunately is now delayed by court action reducing its …

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Working Families on the Move

ACORN Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Organizing January 3, 2014 by digital

New Orleans   Luckily we were able to catch up with Dan Cantor on Wade’s World this week.  Dan is the national director of Working Families now after spending most of the last fifteen years as executive director of the Working Families Party of New York.  The WFP, as it’s known, garnered a lot of attention …

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Golf Time is Over, What’s the President Going to do with Snowden and the NSA?

Ideas and Issues January 2, 2014 by digital

New Orleans   Ok, we’re off of vacation now, and making our way back to work to grudgingly greet or growl at a new year.  Our teams won or lost and we’re waiting for the playoffs.  Winter’s not coming.  It’s here!  Time to crack back at it again.             The President seems to have had a …

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