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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

Revolution of the Low-Information Voter or What?

DC Politics Ideas and Issues National Politics February 20, 2016February 22, 2016 by digital

New Orleans   The Presidential primaries are coming hot and heavy now that we’ve left the frozen tundra of Iowa and New Hampshire and politics are moving west and south. For all of the sound and fury about how neither state is representative of the rest of the country, this is the time when the pols …

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Apple Takes a Stand among the Silicon Valley Pygmies

Ideas and Issues February 19, 2016February 19, 2016 by digital

New Orleans   I’ve never been a big Apple fan. Sure we started with Apple IIe’s and then Macs back in the day, but as they upgraded, they priced us out both organizationally and personally. They scream 1% around the world. Then there was Steve Jobs who I found hard to love for his abusive handling …

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India Puts a Halt to Facebook’s Arrogance and Colonialism

Ideas and Issues International February 17, 2016February 17, 2016 by digital

New Orleans   The old saying is that “pride cometh before a fall,” and sometimes pure arrogance continues to be glaringly obvious even after a fall. It will be interesting to see if Facebook learns anything from its disastrous mishandling of internet access and politics in India or the whipping that India just gave them. The …

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