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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".

Executions, Drug Companies, and High Drama in Arkansas

Ideas and Issues April 15, 2017October 9, 2020 by digital

Little Rock       So, if you ask , what’s happening these days in Arkansas, you think you’re being a wit, because what in the world could be happening in Arkansas, now, really?  These days though there is high drama in Arkansas, none of which is heaping credit on the Wonder State. For months the state has …

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Breitbart’s Bannon, More Proof that What Goes Around, Comes Around?

DC Politics National Politics April 14, 2017 by digital

Little Rock   I don’t want to speak too soon, because I don’t want to put my dirty mouth on it, but as depressing as it has been to read the Stephen Bannon fan mail in the media since the election, it has been equally exhilarating to follow his comet’s rapid descent to hard ground. I …

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All Praise the Field Campaign, Few Practice It!

ACORN ACORN International Community Organizing April 12, 2017April 15, 2017 by digital

New Orleans   In recent years genuflecting in the direction of the “ground war” in politics has become almost routine. Sadly, much like other religions and church attendance, a whole lot more people praise field operations as critical to winning elections, than actually walk the talk and put the program in practice. As more and …

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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