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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: Politics

Dust Still Settling and Could Bury More

Politics Race November 7, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            Brussels           Karl Rove was the consiglieri for the Bush branch of the Republican Party.  He’s hardly the bellwether for the MAGA brand or a Trump fanboy, but his regular column in the Wall Street Journal gives him a big platform to business, Washington, and the political class in general.  He’s a partisan, but he’s …

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Hark, Hear Voices in the Wilderness!

DC Politics Disparities Politics October 28, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            New Orleans       In the United States, like it or not, we’re on the countdown.  The government has been shutdown for weeks, as the polarity between the party’s positions pushes towards a new record for dysfunction.  The President is hands-off on a snack tour of the Far East beginning with Japan.  There are no …

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Looking for Friends in Strange Places

Big Beautiful Bill Inequity Politics Trump September 23, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            Marble Falls      There is so many things in the news that can grab your attention these days, that if you’re not careful, you can be caught in the maelstrom unwittingly.  I apologize for being the answer to the Stones’ song when they asked “who cares about yesterday’s news,” but I find myself still …

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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Sherry Linkon's Interview with Wade Rathke on the show "Lincoln Avenue" on WYSU radio about "Organizing and Citizen Wealth"

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