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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: Health Care

Massachusetts Immigrants Maybe. Poor, Doubtful

Citizen Wealth Health Care September 1, 2009September 1, 2009 by wade

Baltimore A compromise of sorts seems to have been reached in Massachusetts to provide some form of health coverage for the 31,000 LEGAL immigrants in the state that had been bounced off the rolls as a cost savings measure.  The other victim of this cost cutting were the poor families whose automatic enrollment in the …

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Obama on Faith Call

Community Organizing Health Care August 20, 2009 by wade

New Orleans There were technical problems and it was a weird experience, but I have to say, of the millions of conference calls I do in a year, it’s still special to have the President of the United States pop on to one.  What a powerful political tool with such huge potential – I want …

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The Cash Fueling the Crowds

Citizen Wealth Community Organizing Health Care August 9, 2009August 9, 2009 by wade

Dauphin Island The biggest threat to a democracy is the latent fear of the people, which allows politicians, policy makers, and special interests to conspire to deprive them of any ability to impact events through voice or vote.  We are deluged by evidence today. Here’s one from a political scientist quoted in the Times: “We’re …

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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