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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: Housing

The Dream of Tenant Power vs. Homeownership

Housing September 22, 2024 by Chief Organizer

New Orleans       For younger Americans, there may be a significant re-evaluation of whether owning a home is part of the so-called “American dream.”  There are a lot of reasons for revising such personal goals of course, including high interest rates, even if they are falling now; student loans, even if President Biden continues to …

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Beat the Heat Campaign

ACORN International Canada Climate Change Housing Tenants September 20, 2024 by Chief Organizer

            Northern Ontario        Before dawn, I slipped a canoe into the inlet at Stoney Lake in northern Ontario, where the staff of ACORN Canada was meeting for training and planning sessions.  Most of the supermoon was above me, and the dawn was gradually breaking in the east as I paddled back, having flushed several Canadian …

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Another Bad Housing Year

Affordability Housing Kamala Harris September 12, 2024 by Chief Organizer

Marble Falls       The Census Bureau reports that for a second straight year more than half of America’s 42.5 million households who rent are “cost burdened,” meaning that the rent is sucking up more than 30% of their income.  In short, rents continue to be too darned high.  The Washington Post reports that the burden …

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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

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Sherry Linkon's Interview with Wade Rathke on the show "Lincoln Avenue" on WYSU radio about "Organizing and Citizen Wealth"

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Halo Noviny: The occupation of the Wall Street fills us with hope (Czech-Language)

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