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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".

Housing Prices Continue to Hit New Highs Everywhere

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice July 2, 2019July 2, 2019 by digital

New Orleans    Housing is important enough that it can trigger a worldwide recession, especially if the market bursts first in the United States, as we all found in 2007.  Ironically, it is not important enough that data on housing prices, much less rents, is included in general economic forecasts from the worlds’ main financial bodies …

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Adaptation is Key for Working Families Party and Winning

Ideas and Issues July 1, 2019July 2, 2019 by digital

New Orleans   Joe Biden, good mainstream liberal and former Senator and Vice-President under Barack Obama, seems to be toast.  He didn’t pass the torch, he got torched in the recent candidates’ debate.  Bernie Sanders, the standard bearer of the left last time, seems almost left behind now.   Where is this all going? A Pew Research …

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Hospitals Doing Harm to Patients Paychecks

ACORN Citizen Wealth Financial Justice June 30, 2019June 30, 2019 by digital

New Orleans       With the passage of the Affordable Care Act, hospitals were on notice.  Costs were out of control and people were going to be looking.  Prices were going to be made public so some patients could compare.  Hospitals were going to be able to be ranked by health outcomes.  Accountability was coming! This …

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

Wade Interview in Czech Republic

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