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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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The President Goes to Prison – Hooray!

Ideas and Issues July 20, 2015 by digital

Rock Creek, Montana     Barack Obama became the first United States President to go inside a federal prison.  No doubt the rightwing will feast on this for days, but for the rest of us his visit should be a feast of celebration because it takes another sturdy step forward towards a more explicit recognition of the …

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Supreme Court Ok’s Building A Separate and Unequal Educational System

Citizen Wealth Education Financial Justice National Politics April 23, 2014 by digital

New Orleans   There are now more than a dozen states that have banned the use of race as an affirmative action tool in determining admission to state funded colleges and universities.   The Supreme Court in reviewing a ban by voters in Michigan determined on a 6-2 vote that it was OK with them.  They went …

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Historians Begin to Look at ACORN’s Impact

ACORN Community Organizing April 22, 2012April 22, 2012 by digital

Milwaukee   If it has been said that newspapers “write the first draft of history,” perhaps it is panels like Lessons from ACORN organized by Oregon State Professor Marisa Chappell at the national conference of the Organization of American Historians that starts to outline the second draft.   At the least an excellent panel of very knowledgeable folks …

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