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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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Politics and Sports, Peas in a Pod

DC Politics June 6, 2020June 6, 2020 by digital

Pearl River     It’s totally over now.  No way of pretending that sports and politics are not welded at the hip, peas in the same pod anymore.  Of course, this has been true forever, but the cultural and corporate presumption, when it served the interests of power, were to pretend they were separate and totally different.  …

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Soccer Team Trying to Score on Cincinnati

ACORN Citizen Wealth Financial Justice March 24, 2018March 26, 2018 by digital

Cincinnati        There must be something about being a billionaire that to really know you’ve made it in the big time you must have to own some kind of major league sports team so you can hang with your brothers, yes, mainly brothers, and say you’re a big leaguer too.  And, if you own a big-league …

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Stadiums are Public Playgrounds, so Protests Should be Common

Ideas and Issues October 4, 2016 by digital

New Orleans   Colin Kaepernick may never start another football came in his career. He pushed out a 49ers quarterback who has gone on to success as a starter in Kansas City, but after getting the 49ers to the Super Bowl and failing to win, he’s been in decline, despite his exciting promise. But, that’s sports. …

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Pleading for Player Power

Ideas and Issues November 26, 2015November 26, 2015 by digital

New Orleans    In the United States, from place to place, Thanksgiving comes with its own set of traditions enhanced by families and friends. One of my first Thanksgivings away from home while on my brief on and off collegiate tour, the details are now lost in the fog of memory, but somehow I ended …

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Sponsor Boycott and Coach Firings: Locker Room Culture Has to Change from the Top Down

Ideas and Issues February 16, 2014 by digital

New Orleans    I always ran track, but in my small New Orleans high school there was no locker room culture there, because mainly you ran alone, putting on your spikes or sneakers to run on the Mississippi River levee or try to glide over the hurdles in the teeny backyard of the school.  Playing football in …

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