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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

Demand Withdrawing Arrest Warrants to Stop Debtors’ Prison

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Ideas and Issues August 25, 2015August 25, 2015 by digital

New Orleans   It seems almost incredible to say that anything good could come from a spokesperson from Ferguson, Missouri or for that matter the State of Missouri when it comes to criminal justice issues, but this may be proof that in fact the sun does shine on old dogs every once in a while. But, …

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Charter School Takeover Success Myth Shattered

Education Ideas and Issues August 24, 2015 by digital

New Orleans    Call it what you may, charterization, privatization, or whatever the opposition of business and other elites to the public education system in the United States has gotten the kind of superficial analysis normally reserved for fashion trends and fall season television shows. The basic analysis is contentious and conducted at the high decibels …

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Banksy’s Dismaland

ACORN ACORN International Ideas and Issues August 22, 2015 by digital

New Orleans      At the end of a long catch-up Skype call with Stuart Melvin, ACORN United Kingdom’s national organizer, he mentioned he and some of the members were going to be spending some time at an odd street festival of sorts not far from our folks in Bristol, England along the coast in a town …

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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