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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

Green Grows in Mexico City

Ideas and Issues February 17, 2011February 17, 2011 by wade

Mexico City Walking from a meeting at the Universidad Obrera de Mexico (UOM), passing by the Zocalo at the center of the city with the Cathedral on my right, I did a double take at the long green line of fancy pedi-cabs lined up along street.  Drivers stood wiping off the dust on their green …

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Obama Trapping Right on Fannie

Ideas and Issues February 16, 2011February 16, 2011 by wade

Mexico City My money says that if Treasury Secretary Geithner is designated to make the announcement on the Administration’s future plans for the housing finance mortgage guarantors Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, it should be understood as a message directly to Wall Street and the housing industry, and therefore indirectly to the Republicans and the …

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Michelle’s Fitness Program and No School Lunches?

Education Ideas and Issues National Politics February 10, 2011February 10, 2011 by wade

New Orleans Michelle Obama is doing a great high-profile job around children’s fitness and obesity.  These are health issues that are critical in the community and deserve full support. But, how do we reconcile the fact that at the same time we’re reading about her initiatives here, we are also reading about children being dunned, …

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