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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".

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Banks Silently Step up on Remittances

ACORN International Remittances May 26, 2011May 26, 2011 by wade

Atlanta On ACORN International’s Remittance Justice Campaign (www.remittancejustice.org) we have had difficulty getting any response from the big banks except in the most cursory terms.  Wells Fargo did finally reply and told us they were doing great within a small footprint of countries.  Bank of America and JP Morgan/Chase were stone silent.  Not surprisingly given …

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Come On! Private Banks Poaching Fannie Mae

Financial Justice January 22, 2011 by wade

New Orleans On ESPN’s Sportscenter during the seasons they have a feature called “Come on!” in which they feature unbelievable or bonehead plays.  We need that in other fields of public life and politics.  Reading about the efforts of banks like Wells Fargo and JP Morgan Chase along with the various trade associations to try …

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Courts Become Gateway to Debtors Prison

Advocates and Actions Citizen Wealth Financial Justice November 30, 2010 by wade

New Orleans A harrowing article in the Wall Street Journal documented the success that bottom fishing debt collection agencies are having at ripping the last pennies from working families being crushed in court over relatively small claims.  I wish this were news, but of course the story is all too familiar. The big debt predator …

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