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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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Hospital Administers Second Snakebite

ACORN Health Care September 21, 2021 by Chief Organizer

  New Orleans     ACORN, Local 100 United Labor Unions, and the Labor Neighbor Research & Training Center have been studying hospitals for some years now.  First, we looked at charity care in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, and found that if nonprofits with tax exemptions simply hit the average of 4% of gross income as …

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Orange County as a Political Bellwether

ACORN September 19, 2021September 19, 2021 by Chief Organizer

            New Orleans   The headline includes the words, “…Orange County as Harbinger of 2022 Midterms” in the New York Times.  I’m not sure whether my father would be laughing his butt off or screaming at the winds of change, but I know one thing:  he would have been scratching his head in total surprise.  How …

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Border Crossing Again

ACORN ACORN International Labor Organizing September 16, 2021 by Chief Organizer

  Chicago          It’s back on the road again, but that doesn’t mean anything is easy in the new world of pandemic travel when we have one foot in the mess, and another foot pretending it’s all over, but we’re good-to-go. Of course, there are mask rules or something similar on everyone in the airport, although, …

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