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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: Economics

All-Cash Companies – Too Good to be True?

Economics Housing December 7, 2021 by Chief Organizer

New Orleans There’s a stretch near Canal Street in New Orleans where I can’t get the signal as clearly from WAMF, our low power station, which focuses primarily on the downriver and eastern part of the city. I usually switch to the local NPR outlet for the end of my drive to the gym. Yesterday, …

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Is Inflation Different Now?

Economics Financial Justice November 27, 2021 by Chief Organizer

Pearl River     There’s a lot of drum-thumping about inflation now.  How bad will it be?  Who will it hurt?  How long will it last?  It’s easy to scare up some fuss, since it’s been a minute since we’ve dealt with much inflation, especially over the last decade.  The doom and gloom folks are seeing this as the end of President Biden’s …

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Arkansas Times’ Alan Leveritt is Right and His Position Deserves Support

Economics Journalism Media Radio November 23, 2021 by Chief Organizer

 New Orleans      If you had asked me 47 years ago when I was living and working in Arkansas as the founder and chief organizer of ACORN, if I would ever have written a sentence that included the words, “Alan Leveritt is Right,” I would have agreed, because then Alan touted himself as a libertarian of sorts …

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