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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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Demand Withdrawing Arrest Warrants to Stop Debtors’ Prison

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Ideas and Issues August 25, 2015August 25, 2015 by digital

New Orleans   It seems almost incredible to say that anything good could come from a spokesperson from Ferguson, Missouri or for that matter the State of Missouri when it comes to criminal justice issues, but this may be proof that in fact the sun does shine on old dogs every once in a while. But, …

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Local Jails are the Modern Debtors’ Prison

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice February 11, 2015 by digital

New Orleans     The Vera Institute for Justice based in New York and operating for more than 50 years all around the United States and in some other countries released a report entitled Incarceration’s Front Door:  The Misuse of Jails in America.  The title is its own thumbnail summary.  The bottom line being that too many …

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Modern American Debtors’ Prisons

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Ideas and Issues July 3, 2012July 3, 2012 by digital

New Orleans    Lord please help the poor, because in America these days it has become a crime to be poor! Local jails are becoming debtors prisons thanks to the fact that local courts, where justice is rumored rather than meted out it seems, in many areas have outsourced fines and fees leaving people with a …

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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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