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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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Apps for Organizing and Social Change

Ideas and Issues December 14, 2015December 14, 2015 by digital

New Orleans   Marching solidly on the trailing edge of new technology innovation, I want to make it clear that I’m no hater, I just want it to work for all of us. And, hey, maybe there’s some hope out there that some of the apps are coming our way and might be tools for social …

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Popping the Bubble on Tech Utopians and the Law of Amplification

Ideas and Issues November 14, 2015November 15, 2015 by digital

New Orleans    Every once in a blue moon there is a piercing needle that bursts the bubble of hucksterism, no matter how well-intentioned, and brings its wild claims based on hope and hustle down to the hard ground of reality. In this case, the sound of the pop is louder because the sharp points are …

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Technology versus the Poor

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Health Care January 5, 2014 by digital

New Orleans    With herculean efforts along with extensive field work and mega expenditures of dollars and political capital, www.healthcare.gov works better now to the degree that about 2 million people weathered the storm to sign up under the new Affordable Care Act with millions more expected hopefully before March 31st.  I use the words “works better” …

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