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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

Cultural Shift: The Media Suddenly Rediscovers Poverty

Citizen Wealth Ideas and Issues July 23, 2012 by digital

New Orleans  I swear there’s a shift suddenly in the recognition that poverty is a big freaking problem.  Everywhere I turn in recent days commentators, columnists and reporters feel obligated to at least mention poverty and the poor either directly or euphemistically.    In a cultural shift from recent decades, folks feel they should at least …

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Hooray for Credo Challenging National Security Letters – Let’s Stand Behind Them!

Ideas and Issues July 21, 2012 by digital

New Orleans   When I have to start with a disclaimer, you already know this is that kind of blog.  I have NOT talked to Michael Kieschnick, the CEO of Credo, a telephone service with over 100,000 customers and database of millions of activists, who has created what may be the model for consistent, large scale …

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Lifestyle: Small Footprint Sustainability

Ideas and Issues July 17, 2012July 17, 2012 by digital

New Orleans   Ok, you’re right.  This is not a normal place to look for lifestyle tips.  And, you’re thinking, hey, I was just in California, this will be some hippy-dippy baloney.  Well, have it your way, but this was no hippy strategy but a small footprint sustainability system for living well on very limited income, …

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