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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: May 2015

Neoliberal FCC Half-Step to Low Income Access to the Internet

ACORN ACORN International Canada Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Ideas and Issues May 28, 2015 by digital

New Orleans       It would be nice to read the report of a proposal by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and embrace it with open arms and a wide smile.  After all even a small step forward in bridging the digital divide is important, but this will be a half-step at that, and it’s easy to …

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Stealing Women’s Future in the Name of Family-Friendly

Ideas and Issues May 27, 2015May 27, 2015 by digital

New Orleans      In the United States we have become hardened to the code words, “family-friendly,” because too often that is just right wing whitewash for thousands of intrusive policies that attempt to make women into “breeders” as they were called in the current hit, Mad Max on Fury Road.  We like to think women …

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Affordable Care Act Potholes

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Health Care May 26, 2015May 26, 2015 by digital

New Orleans        Some twelve million people may have enrolled under the Affordable Care Act, but that doesn’t mean that Obamacare can catch a break.  Everywhere we turn there seems to be more potholes on the road. Of course there’s the decision due in June by the Supreme Court on whether or not subsidies can be …

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