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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".

Tone Deaf on Domestic Abuse in the #MeToo Moment

Ideas and Issues February 9, 2018 by digital

Santa Fe   It is not unusual to refer to a Washington beltway bubble that misses what is going on in the rest of the country, although the Trump narrative is currently the opposite, but how in the world did the powers that be miss the clues that domestic abuse might be a huge, hot button …

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Airline Antics

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice February 8, 2018February 9, 2018 by digital

Albuquerque    Anyone who has flown recently knows something about the class divisions that are being strapped into the plane seats with the passengers.  I’m not talking just about the fares.  Almost everything is being tilted towards first class and the creation of various forms of steerage where people are forbidden to bring anything aboard the …

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Pushing Rent Control around the Country and the World

Ideas and Issues February 7, 2018 by digital

New Orleans    Real estate associations of landlords, developers and the politicians they finance can scream about supply and demand and straight-laced economics, but as long as tenants are being squeezed by escalating rents and stagnant wages in the United States and around the world, the demand for rent controls will rise as quickly. Voters may once …

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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