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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".

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Beating the Heat – Strange Allies

ACORN International Climate Change France July 23, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            New Orleans       In the second ACORN global action within recent months, reports are already coming in from India and Europe on our Beat the Heat campaign.  Some cities in India had to cancel actions due to heavy rains in North India, but there were good events in Delhi, Mumbai, Patna, Agra, Ghaziabad, and …

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Trump and His Tariffs Can’t Win Against Inflation

ACORN ACORN International Economics Tarriffs July 22, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            New Orleans        Inflation is starting to edge forward in the United States.  For the White House, that will mean finger pointing and bully pulpit time once again, as Trump tries to divert attention away from his on-again-off-again tariff tantrums.  In some fever dream, he thinks he can blame it on the head of …

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For ACORN’s Birthday, Give an Action!

ACORN ACORN International June 19, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            Pearl River      Fifty-five is old, there’s no two ways about it.  ACORN celebrated its 55th birthday on June 18th, having been founded in 1970 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.  Now, with almost 300,000 members among lower income communities and lower waged workplaces in more than 15 countries, like people that age, the organization has …

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