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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: November 2015

No Surprise that Survey Shows the Rich Don’t Think Like the Rest of Us

Ideas and Issues November 30, 2015 by digital

New Orleans   The rich contras have been organizing in Illinois to elect their own and decimate the social safety net in that state, long regarded as a progressive, liberal bastion under both Democrats and Republicans on many core issues. Republicans tended to be moderates able to understand the value of unions and public employees and …

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The “Carefree” Entitlement

Ideas and Issues November 29, 2015November 29, 2015 by digital

New Orleans   Even after bingeing on the popular cultural phenomenon of Thanksgiving, we still dove deeper and did a bit of binge watching on the clever, funny, and even somewhat political, new Netflix series by comedian Aziz Ansari called “Master of None.” The title is a giveaway obviously, signaling that this will entail self-deprecation of …

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Domestic Terrorism Requires Federal Protection of Abortion Clinics

Ideas and Issues November 28, 2015 by digital

New Orleans     As horrifying as it was to read about a gunman with an assault rifle laying siege from a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, killing three including one police officer and wounding eleven, it was as unsettling to read that that the clinic, a site of daily protests from a dozen to several …

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