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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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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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Tenants Try to Right Landlord Wrongs

ACORN Community Organizing August 27, 2021September 20, 2021 by Chief Organizer

    Little Rock      A half dozen people gathered in the Atlanta heat under a gazebo at Capital Gateway Apartments, an Integral managed project.  The issues weren’t unusual.  In fact, the issues were too common:  mold, slow to no maintenance, security, and rents themselves.  The ACORN Tenants Union in Atlanta had heard all of these …

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