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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".

Rent-to-Own, Same Ol’ or Something Different?

Ideas and Issues December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 by digital

December 3, 2020 Little Rock      Don’t misunderstand me, we want to believe, we really do. Several years ago, the ACORN Home Savers Campaign worked in a half-dozen cities trying to bend the crooked curve of various land contracts, rent-to-own schemes, and similar home buying or home renting products into something straight.         …

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Will the Rich and Top Dogs Jump the Vaccination Line?

Ideas and Issues December 2, 2020 by digital

December 2, 2020             Greenville       We’re about to have an interesting national test in the United States, and much of the world, that will determine exactly how unequal our societies really are, or, if we pass, how just we are in valuing all lives equally.         I’m talking about the distribution of …

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That’s Why They Call It Dope

Ideas and Issues November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 by digital

November 30, 2020 New Orleans        The years pass by, and some things in fact do change. In the early 1970s, when developing staff policies as the organization grew, there was a somewhat notorious addition, showing up fourth on the list: “That’s Why They Call it Dope.” The rule was unambiguous. You could do anything …

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Interviews with Wade Rathke

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

03/18/2021

Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

Wade Interview in Czech Republic

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

Italian Interview with Wade

Halo Noviny: The occupation of the Wall Street fills us with hope (Czech-Language)

Religion Dispatches: Forty-year organizing veteran has plenty of new ideas

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