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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: June 2018

Contradictory Readings in the Tea Leaves

Ideas and Issues June 27, 2018June 28, 2018 by digital

Sheridan          It’s a tough time to be a commentator, pundit, or general political wizard.  It must be like walking a tightrope.  They know it’s scary when they start walking the wire and have to wonder if they’ll made it to the other side. Take for example a long piece in the press about the continuing …

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Wyoming People

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice June 26, 2018June 28, 2018 by digital

Manderson      As we moved the Silver Bullet from Rock Creek, Montana, fifty miles from Missoula to Manderson, Wyoming, on the backside of the Big Horn Mountains between Greybull and Worland in the central part of the state, we would kid our friends and comrades of seven summers along the creek that we were no longer …

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Leadership and Solidarity Matter in Sports Off the Field

Labor Organizing June 25, 2018June 25, 2018 by digital

Casper     There was a fascinating discussion recently about why professional basketball players in the National Basketball Association were able to speak freely and publicly about issues, including race and politics, while the manly men of the National Football League were constantly being cowed into silence.  The reporter for the New York Times spent a …

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