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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

An Architect for Disasters and the Poor

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Louisiana Recovery August 17, 2014 by digital

Missoula    The problem of affordable housing and post-disaster housing are coupled together by cost and for those who care, by speed. Cost, because no one in government anymore wants to put the real price tag on what it would take to finally put all Americans into decent and affordable housing, much less the hundreds of …

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Best of the Blog – Fair Trade

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice August 12, 2014 by digital

Wade is off the grid, so please enjoy this re-posting of a blog on Fair Trade from October 2011. New Orleans While I was out of the country it seems Paul Rice, the CEO of FairTrade USA, came to speak at one of the local colleges, Tulane University, as part of a promo for a …

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Bank of America Record Settlement with Remorse

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Foreclosure August 7, 2014January 11, 2021 by digital

Missoula     Accurate reports seem to indicate that the Justice Department is in the final drafting of a record setting, highest corporate penalty ever paid with Bank of America for mortgage related abuses. The price tag is going to be slightly north of $16 billion with $9 billion going to the government by way of a …

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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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