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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: Mass Incarceration

Jailbreak is Final Straw for an Embattled Sheriff

Louisiana Mass Incarceration May 17, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            Pearl River      Living in New Orleans, we become accustomed to being in the news.  People like our food, music, Mardi Gras, and festivals for just kicks or business conventions, so the headlines follow.  Somebody wants to report on climate change, New Orleans will be front and center.  We get used to all that, and …

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Carceral Con

DC Politics Human Rights Mass Incarceration October 30, 2021 by Chief Organizer

New Orleans      In the post-Floyd era, we want to believe that real reform is coming to our criminal justice system.  There was so much talk that we deeply want to believe that there has been some action.  We know that these issues have become polarized politically, but we still hope that some of the …

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Predatory Criminal Justice

Community Organizing Mass Incarceration October 29, 2021October 29, 2021 by Chief Organizer

  New Orleans      When you subscribe to Sciencemagazine, you expect to be able to try and keep up a bit with new discoveries at the frontier of experimentation and exploration.  If you’re like me, you hope to be able to sit at the back of the classroom, keep quiet, and learn something about things …

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