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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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Charting Inequity with the Opportunity Atlas

Ideas and Issues August 25, 2019August 25, 2019 by digital

New Orleans        Reading about Harvard economist Raj Chetty and his Opportunity Atlas, led me to check it out.  The overarching lesson of the atlas is that your chances of doing better, in other words social and economic mobility, are tracked closely to you state, city, and neighborhood.  All of which is a depressing state …

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The Challenge and Opportunity in Mid-Sized Cities

ACORN July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 by digital

New Orleans       One report after another these days seems to be raising the alarm that there is a huge sucking sound, as Ross Perot once spoke of another matter, as certain big, bigger, and best cities are amalgamating jobs, income, and people, especially the young, bright, and ambitious and leaving the rest of the …

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Running for President on $1000 Per Month

Ideas and Issues July 5, 2018July 5, 2018 by digital

New Orleans      Huey Long, a former Senator and Governor of Louisiana, launched “Share the Wealth” clubs across the country with Gerald L. K. Smith as his acolyte and chief organizer in a populist challenge to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Great Depression.   On Wade’s World,  I recently interviewed Andrew Yang, a techster, entrepreneur, and …

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The New American Aristocracy

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice June 1, 2018June 2, 2018 by digital

Vancouver    “The Birth of a New American Aristocracy” is not exactly a catchy title for a piece in the current issue of The Atlantic, although it won’t surprise anyone when I say that it certainly caught my eye.  It’s one of those long-winded, multi-page things that about twenty of us around the country might read …

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Wages Start Low, Lifetime Income Stays Low

ACORN Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Organizing September 16, 2017September 18, 2017 by digital

New Orleans   Joe Fox, an old comrade and friend visiting New Orleans yesterday, dropped by for a cup of coffee at Fair Grinds Coffeehouse on St. Claude, a tour of WAMF-LP, and a bit of nostalgia over the more than forty years we’ve worked with and known each other. We reprised an old story that …

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