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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 2018

Fast Food Justice Wins Checkoff in New York City

Labor Organizing Organizing January 10, 2018January 10, 2018 by digital

Little Rock   New York City passed a first-of-its-kind, one and only ordinance last year in an effort to help fast food workers in the city who have been trying to organize under various banners since the Fight for $15 campaign began. The ordinance required employers – in this case, fast food companies – to allow …

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Editing the Bible in Egypt

Ideas and Issues January 9, 2018January 10, 2018 by digital

Greenville   I’ve learned a little bit about editing over the last decade or so by having both written a couple of three books, edited one, and edited Social Policy every quarter. It’s a laborious and thankless process that strives for perfection, but always falls woefully short of the mark. This morning I reviewed the final …

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Wow! Institutions Still Trump Individuals

Ideas and Issues January 8, 2018January 8, 2018 by digital

New Orleans     Steve Bannon is having a rough couple of days. My advice to him would have been, “what goes around comes around,” but a reporter slipped in an editorial observation in a New York Times story reporting on Bannon’s tenuous hold on his position and platform at Breitbart.com where he recently returned as chairman …

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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