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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

Getting to Know the New “Neighborhood” and Medicine Lodge

Ideas and Issues August 5, 2017August 7, 2017 by digital

Manderson, WY   With the trailer unhitched and the vise taken off of our clock and no where we had to be, it was time to see the neighborhood. Our first trip was to Worland, down the highway to get our groceries together. We passed a Coors plant where they locally source their barley for their …

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Our New Home on the Range

Ideas and Issues August 4, 2017 by digital

  Manderson, Wyoming   At 730 in the morning the sun is just cresting the tall cottonwood trees on the other side of the levee down to the Nowood River on our friend’s property. She has three acres that run wild on the levee side of her land and two on the front side with part …

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The Best Laid Plans

Ideas and Issues August 3, 2017August 4, 2017 by digital

Big Timber, Montana   It’s not because we weren’t up early. We had to pick up a spare tire for the trailer at 730, and I had a radio taping at 8:30, so we were hoofing it. The signs for trouble were all there though. The tire was ready, but they had not been able to …

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