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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: Ideas and Issues

Protecting Chaco Canyon Matters to Everyone

Ideas and Issues December 6, 2017December 6, 2017 by digital

New Orleans  Chaco Canyon is a national park, but the odds are you have never been there, and that you never will go there. It’s more than 30 miles off of a two-lane highway on a graded, dirt road in northwestern New Mexico. That’s on purpose. This isn’t Yellowstone. It’s not supposed to be easy. …

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The Intended Consequences of Video Scams and Fraudulent “News”

Ideas and Issues December 1, 2017December 1, 2017 by digital

Little Rock  I don’t want to seem like I have a chip on my shoulder about James O’Keefe and his wannabes and their unprincipled video scams, because it’s more a mission than a grudge, and it’s not just about ACORN. His project and the efforts of his imitators on the right is the systemic defunding …

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Once Again O’Keefe Amateur Hour Antics Busted, This Time by Washington Post

Ideas and Issues November 28, 2017November 28, 2017 by digital

New Orleans  James O’Keefe is a bad penny that just keeps turning up every time there’s an election these days or some opportunity for him to insert himself into another ridiculous, if not illegal, scam. O’Keefe is a convicted criminal in 2010 for his role along with several confederates in trying to bug the local …

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