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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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Short Steps on Long March to Close Digital Divide: Rogers Breakthrough!

ACORN International Canada Citizen Wealth June 7, 2013June 7, 2013 by digital

New Orleans  When it comes to creating some form of internet equity so that lower income families have access to the internet and can overcome the digital divide, everyone “gets” it, but no one wants to do what it takes to make it happen.             President Obama on his way to meet the Chinese Premier …

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The Amazing Peace of the Copan Ruins

ACORN ACORN International Canada June 3, 2013June 3, 2013 by digital

San Pedro Sula  We had finished five days of non-stop meetings and waved goodbye to the organizers from ACORN Canada and took a chance of a field trip to see the Copan ruins some three hours away from the city. I had wanted to go since reading a book by John Stephens 40 years ago …

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Stiffing Tenants as a Landlord Business Model

ACORN ACORN International Canada Citizen Wealth May 26, 2013May 26, 2013 by digital

New Orleans   Active ACORN campaigns in Canada, Scotland, and Italy focusing on tenant rights and landlord abuses, found me reading in detail a rare report in the New Orleans Times-Picayune about tenant rights, or really the lack of them, in Louisiana and most other states in the USA. The Uniform Landlord and Tenant Act in …

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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

Wade Interview in Czech Republic

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

Italian Interview with Wade

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