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	<title type="text">The Chief Organizer Blog</title>
	<subtitle type="text">WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of &#34;Nuts &#38; Bolts&#34;, &#34;Citizen Wealth&#34;, &#34;Global Grassroots&#34;, and &#34;The Battle for the 9th Ward&#34;.</subtitle>

	<updated>2026-05-29T15:10:23Z</updated>

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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Flood Warnings Matter]]></title>
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		<updated>2026-05-29T15:10:23Z</updated>
		<published>2026-05-29T15:10:23Z</published>
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		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[            Marble Falls        Sitting in the KABF studio in Little Rock about 3 PM, I heard beeping on a colleague’s phone on the other side of the room.  Seconds later, my phone went crazy as well.  We were being warned about the possibilities of flash floods in the area.  Earlier in the afternoon, there &#8230; ]]></summary>

		
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Leni’s, A Downtown Diner]]></title>
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		<updated>2026-05-28T13:53:53Z</updated>
		<published>2026-05-28T01:31:02Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://chieforganizer.org" term="ACORN" /><category scheme="https://chieforganizer.org" term="Louisiana" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[            New Orleans       Lunchroom diners in the business districts of cities used to be ubiquitous, but now are dying breed.  Carbon copy chains, sandwich shops, Starbucks, and more are everywhere.  Diners not so much. When we saw in the paper that Leni’s was closing, we had to make sure we made it there to &#8230; ]]></summary>

		
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Memorials and Memories]]></title>
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		<updated>2026-05-26T17:16:02Z</updated>
		<published>2026-05-26T17:16:02Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://chieforganizer.org" term="United States" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[            New Orleans        For many years, “war” holidays were unpaid by our organizations, except for July 4th.  More recently, as Vietnam receded and wars became forever, we added it to the list.  Technically, the day is meant to honor those who gave their lives for the country, but practically, it’s worth honoring those who &#8230; ]]></summary>

		
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Settler Violence Has to Stop on the West Bank]]></title>
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		<updated>2026-05-26T13:18:29Z</updated>
		<published>2026-05-26T13:18:29Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://chieforganizer.org" term="International" /><category scheme="https://chieforganizer.org" term="Politics" /><category scheme="https://chieforganizer.org" term="War" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[            Pearl River      Perhaps it is too much to hope, but maybe we’ve hit an inflection point over state sponsored attacks by Israeli settlers in the West Bank.  There are signs Israeli elites are sending a message to the government that a line has been crossed, even as its policy and performance has been to &#8230; ]]></summary>

		
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[News from the Other War]]></title>
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		<updated>2026-05-25T03:06:32Z</updated>
		<published>2026-05-25T03:06:32Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://chieforganizer.org" term="Ukraine" /><category scheme="https://chieforganizer.org" term="War" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[            Pearl River      Walking in my neighborhood, I still see a couple of houses flying the yellow and blue flag in solidarity with Ukraine.  More than four years after Russia invaded the country, and now as we are all obsessed and hammered by the Trump war in Iran and horrified by news of Israel’s activity &#8230; ]]></summary>

		
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