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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: Financial Justice

The Pope’s Talking, Let’s Hope Somebody is Listening!

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice April 10, 2018 by digital

New Orleans    Pope Francis isn’t perfect.  None of them are.  All the same, it’s hard not to root for the guy, give him an attaboy and hope he pushes the Catholic Church and its parishioners to demand more social justice and social change. The Pope issued something called an apostolic exhortation which is several degrees …

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National Eviction Crisis Finally in the Headlines

ACORN Citizen Wealth Financial Justice April 9, 2018 by digital

New Orleans    In the ACORN Home Savers Campaign we’ve learned a lot about the contemporary issues for lower income families struggling with the potentially predatory nature of land contracts as a route to home ownership, but in doing the organizing we have been constantly confronted with the reality that the real trigger for forcing people …

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How and When Did Scrooge McDuck Take Over Disneyland?

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Labor Organizing April 5, 2018April 6, 2018 by digital

New Orleans    My dad was born and raised in Orange County, California, first in Tustin, then Santa Ana, and finally Orange itself where he lived until he finished high school. My grandfather was a foreman on an orange grove ranch until he couldn’t be, and then he worked as the janitor at the Lutheran Church, next …

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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