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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".

Category: Citizen Wealth

Establishing Internet as a Utility – This is Big!

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice June 15, 2016June 16, 2016 by digital

Quito   In the midst of so much tragedy at the massacre of almost 50 LGBT men and women at a nightclub in Orlando and the horror and insensitivity of the Trump and Republican response, it was still possible to find a bright spot in the news: a federal court has backed policies establishing the internet …

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Jobs, Guaranteed Annual Income, and Robots

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice June 14, 2016 by digital

New Orleans   The big whoops are scratching their heads on a weaker than expected jobs report recently. Has the economy begun to sputter after recent acceleration or have we reached something close to full employment? Remember full employment doesn’t mean everyone has a job, but means that we’re at something close to the bottom of …

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The Obstacles to Closing the Digital Divide are Ideological and Naive

ACORN Citizen Wealth Financial Justice June 9, 2016June 9, 2016 by digital

New Orleans   You may be hearing this on the radio, but the chances are also good that you are reading – and maybe even hearing — this on your computer because you have broadband internet access. Yet, as most of us realize, at least 10% of the American people or more than 35 million folks, …

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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Italian Interview with Wade

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