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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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Union Leaders, Good Mayors, and AI Bots

Arkansas Local 100 Unions June 29, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            Marble Falls       Local 100 has conducted an annual leadership training workshop for stewards for more than 40 years, but this year’s session in Little Rock was the first in-person meeting since the pandemic.  It was good to see old and new leaders getting to meet each other, often for the first time. Going …

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Transparency for Tenants

Arkansas Tenants Unions June 28, 2025June 29, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            Little Rock       Northwest Arkansas is a curious contradiction.  Fifty years ago, it was an outlier in the state.  Sure, the big university was in Fayetteville up there, but to get there meant leaving the interstate near Fort Smith and hoping you weren’t caught on the pig trails going north behind an 18-wheeler with feathers …

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KEUD-FM 89.9 – The Voice of the People in the Delta

Arkansas KEUD Labor Neighbor Radio February 14, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            Marble Falls       When we talk about a “learning curve,” we sometimes forget how easy it is to careen over the edge and crash into the ravine below.  Even beaten and bruised, surviving is its own token of success. In this case, I’m talking about the process of putting a radio station on the …

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Interviews with Wade Rathke

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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Sherry Linkon's Interview with Wade Rathke on the show "Lincoln Avenue" on WYSU radio about "Organizing and Citizen Wealth"

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