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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

HUD is Wrong on Lead Standards and Must do Right

Ideas and Issues March 5, 2016 by digital

New Orleans   Here’s a simple question that I don’t think will take anyone long to answer, though perhaps it should. Donald Trump and his latest wife have a 9-year old son, Barron. Michelle and Barack Obama moved into the White House with two young daughters whose age at the time was less than two digits. …

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Trump May Be Bad for Republicans but End Up Good for America

Ideas and Issues March 4, 2016 by digital

New Orleans   The Republicans are going after the mogul, Donald Trump, hot and heavy now. They’re hitting him both high and low….in fact very low, though the lower they go, the better he seems to like it and the more some people like him. Fox News seems to have invited him to a butt-whipping in …

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Race and Class are Often Matters of Perspective

Ideas and Issues February 29, 2016 by digital

New Orleans    It’s hard to find many people who live and die for the Academy Awards. This is an industry show where plaques are given out much like the ones you might find at the Hardware Dealers’ or Plumbers Friends Conventions in a side ballroom in some off-the-strip Las Vegas casino hotel. It’s very, very …

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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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