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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".

The Ugly Face of Entitlement and Hyper-Partisanship

Ideas and Issues September 28, 2018 by digital

Little Rock    I don’t read the crime reports.  I have to stop my family from telling me about horrors inflicted on women and children as they read the paper with shock.  I have trouble watching gratuitous violence on television.  Sometimes I feel like an Octavia Butler character suffering from acute and painful empathy.  I know …

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Kavanagh Legacy: Ban All Fraternities on Campuses

Ideas and Issues September 27, 2018 by digital

Little Rock    Reading about the frat boy escapades from Brett Kavanagh’s youth is an appalling experience.  Let’s say, just for one minute for the sake of argument, that all of these women, and there are now three, and there will be more, I’ll guarantee you that, are from Mars and Brett Kavanagh was the choir …

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Self-Dealing Revenge from OCC & Treasury Targets the CRA

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Foreclosure September 27, 2018 by digital

Greenville   Sometimes you wonder why former Goldman Sachs and banking executives flock to political jobs like running the Treasury Department or the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, but then you realize the facts.  It’s about score-settling or figuring out how they and their buddies can make more money in banking now and in …

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