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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".

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Mixing Income Classes is Now in Session

Economics Social Media January 13, 2023February 2, 2023 by Chief Organizer

  New Orleans     Economist Raj Chetty, his crew and colleagues, have been making big news in that subset of folks who care about social mobility and social capital, which are kind of fancy names for moving up the income ladder and how you successfully navigate in the real world or are stuck along the …

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Musk, Hoisted by His Own Petard

Ideas and Issues Rights Social Media Tech December 22, 2022December 21, 2022 by digital

            Baja California           In the ongoing saga of Elon Musk’s reputational meltdown at Twitter, it just keeps getting better and better.  The reason lies not in his fall from the richest man in the world to the second richest, but in the ways his arrogance and petulance combine into his own special witches’ brew to …

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The Elon Musk Show is Replacing the Trump Show

Ideas and Issues Media Politics Social Media November 17, 2022November 16, 2022 by digital

            New Orleans      Donald Trump announced yet another run for president in order to be first out in the field.  Yawn.  No surprises there.  Not even a headline in the New York Times on his announcement.  That must have hurt him to his core.  I’ve already declared that he’s my favorite for the Republican …

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