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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 2018

Bain Capital Marketing for Nonprofits and the Rich in Sheep’s Clothing

Ideas and Issues November 24, 2018November 24, 2018 by digital

New Orleans     The headline in the New York Times caught by eye, saying “The Pitfalls of Giving Big but Thinking Small” with a subtitle that was even more interesting to me: “Donating Large Amounts to Social Change Groups Can Be Complicated, but it Isn’t Impossible.”  Wow, I work for a social change group.  I could …

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Do the Democrats Want the Missing Voters?

Ideas and Issues November 23, 2018November 24, 2018 by digital

New Orleans        A nonpartisan research organization found that 37% of nonvoters in the midterms were 18 to 29 years old compared with just 12% of those who voted.  More than half of the nonvoters or 55% make less than $50,000 compared with 34% of voters, and only 20% of nonvoters have a college degree, less …

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There is a Sell-By Date on Trump’s Shtick

Ideas and Issues November 22, 2018 by digital

New Orleans     This sounds crazy, but I honestly and truly believe we are coming to the outer limits of the American peoples’ willingness to continue to tolerate Trump’s constant harangues and grievances.  Maybe that’s wrong.  The hardest core of his base loves the harangues and shares the grievances.  Where we are coming to a …

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