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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: Education

Doonesbury Explains Dinosaur Extinction for Louisianans

Education September 18, 2012 by digital

New Orleans   I don’t read the comics or the funny papers.  No big thing, just one of those things where you make a personal decision about time and choose the box scores rather than the talking balloons.   But science and politics are still important and when facts confront the popularity and prejudice of people, it’s …

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Shifting Political Values: Public Schooled and American Made

Education Labor Organizing September 11, 2012 by digital

Toronto   In American public and political life there used to be some clear tests that determined whether you were “one of us” or “one of them,” whether you were progressive or conservative, stood with the people or stood with special interests.  These markers were so stark and clear that a generation ago it would have …

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Change.org Zigzag Positions on Anti-Union Stand for Children and Students First

Education Labor Organizing June 21, 2012 by digital

Cincinnati   Speaking of Change.org and its chameleon way to seeming to be a progressive nonprofit, but actually operating a for profit, list aggregation and sales operation, no sooner do we look at the contradictions and deceptions in the way they present themselves than I notice an item in the Huffington Post by Ryan Grim with …

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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

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