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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

Short Takes on the 1% and Other Weirdness in the Small World

Ideas and Issues Rebuild New Orleans January 19, 2012 by digital

New Orleans    As we fight to regain population in the wake of Katrina and so many other demographic struggles over the last half-century, New Orleans in the NBA/NFL world is a “small market city,” which means we often find that we are living in a very small world. I thought of this recently while hanging …

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Web Protest in Battle of the Titans

Ideas and Issues National Politics January 18, 2012 by digital

New Orleans    The Stop On-Line Piracy Act (SOPA) at least means soup in Spanish, so there’s at least one good thing about it.  Other than that it seems to be about big Hollywood and others trying to use poorly written domestic legislation in a ham-handed way to strike out at Russian, Chinese, and other foreign …

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Whoops, Clown O’Keefe a Criminal Again!

DC Politics Ideas and Issues Voting Rights January 14, 2012 by digital

New Orleans    James O’Keefe, video fool, clown, and conspirator, is at it again. Yawn. This time the scene was in New Hampshire where he and his associates engaged in voter fraud by attempting to vote in the Republican primary for President by using fake names.  They released a video which got limited play on TV and …

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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