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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

Some of the Concessions to the Republican Radicals Make Sense

Ideas and Issues Politicians Politics January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 by Chief Organizer

  New Orleans –  No doubt about it, the Republican rump caucus is up to no good once any of us take a good look at their long-term objectives, which basically pretend the US can be dialed back to the 1950s or before.  Giving the devils their due though, I have to admit that some …

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9 to 5 Made a Difference

Ideas and Issues Women Workers January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 by Chief Organizer

Pearl River – In 1973, fifty years ago, ten young women working in various capacities as clerical workers at Harvard University in the Boston area came together to talk about issues on their jobs.  The complaints flew fast and furious in those days when clericals were almost always women, and bosses were almost always men.  …

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No Matter Who Wins Speaker Contest, the Losers Are Clear

Ideas and Issues Politicians Politics January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 by Chief Organizer

New Orleans – You gotta love this – a total political meltdown in real time, on TV and social media, and on the front pages of every paper in America.  There’s a countdown similar to the Iranian hostage crisis where the days Americans were held was calendared daily across the country, but this time it’s …

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