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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".

Tag: Federal Trade Commission

The FTC Mouse is Roaring and That’s a Good Thing!

Ideas and Issues January 7, 2015 by digital

New Orleans      We’ve got Elizabeth Warren speaking up for consumers and the “little people” in the US Senate.  We used to have Sheila Baird pushing back hard on the banks for some accountability.  Maybe I’ve been missing this, but it seems like suddenly Edith Ramirez, the chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission, has decided it’s …

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Policing Internet Rip-offs are a Problem Demanding a Fix

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice November 2, 2014November 3, 2014 by digital

New Orleans    There are standard internet rip-offs, like the scams offering suckers millions being held just for you or my favorite recent one from the representative of the head of the International Monetary Fund.  There are the popular ones where a friend is stuck in Timbuktu and needs you to wire money somewhere so they can …

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04/16/2021

Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

03/18/2021

Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

Wade Interview in Czech Republic

Sherry Linkon's Interview with Wade Rathke on the show "Lincoln Avenue" on WYSU radio about "Organizing and Citizen Wealth"

Italian Interview with Wade

Halo Noviny: The occupation of the Wall Street fills us with hope (Czech-Language)

Religion Dispatches: Forty-year organizing veteran has plenty of new ideas

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