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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: February 2021

Republican Resistance, State by State

Ideas and Issues February 26, 2021 by Chief Organizer

February 26, 2021 Little Rock      After four years of Twitter torture, I understand how people seem to be following every little cough and sneeze in Washington these days, crossing their fingers for this appointment, that bill, friends with other countries, smiles and not spits at collaborations around peace, climate, and more. Even when not exactly …

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Wilbur Mills Sunk in the Tidal Basin

Ideas and Issues February 25, 2021 by Chief Organizer

February 25, 2021 Little Rock      Wilbur Mills moved me to Arkansas in 1970. He didn’t reach out and offer me a job to work for him or anything like that. Quite the opposite. George Wiley asked me to move from Massachusetts, where I was the head organizer of the Massachusetts affiliate of the National Welfare …

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Georgia Reveals the Trump Tribute

Ideas and Issues February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 by Chief Organizer

February 24, 2021 Atlanta            Big news in Atlanta was the seeming flipflop by former Senator David Perdue on his commitment to run in two years to reclaim the seat he recently lost by challenging newly elected Senator Raphael Warnock in that race. One week, he is announcing that he has set up an election committee …

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