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MSNBC's Rachel Maddow exposes the corporate interests behind the "ACORN witch hunt" in the first segment of her ongoing series on the current attacks against ACORN:

Sept. 24: "The Media Fails ACORN"

In her second segment, Maddow shows that while Congress has singled out ACORN to lose its federal funding, several very large, well-known government contractors have been investigated for very serious crimes and still receive far more tax dollars than ACORN ever has:

Sept. 25: "How did ACORN become a target?"

Maddow's third segment uncovers the history and the reasons behind the GOP's years-long efforts to demonize and destroy ACORN. Maddow interviews David Iglesias, former U.S. attorney who was fired by the Bush administration for failing to investigate ACORN for allegations of "voter fraud" of which he found no evidence:

Sept. 28: "GOP seeks wedge issue in ACORN"

In this fourth segment, Maddow and guest Professer Peter Dreier note that right-wing operatives are already declaring their war against ACORN to be over and are beginning to move on to their next target:

Sept. 29: "Next target for right-wing smear machine?"

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October 01, 2009

Washington, D.C. – ACORN announced that former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger was appointed to lead an independent inquiry into the "organizational systems and processes" of the embattled group's social services and will make public the results of that inquiry.  

The following are statements by leaders of progressive organizations in support of ACORN and its efforts to get this important organization back on track.

Statement by Deepak Bhargava, Executive Director of the Center for Community Change:

"Since its founding in 1970, ACORN has made important contributions to community organizing. While there ...

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ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is the nation's largest community organization of low- and moderate-income families, working together for social justice and stronger communities.

Marie Pierre, Brooklyn ACORN

I am happy to have been an ACORN member for the past 20 years.  ACORN is a very great group.  ACORN helped us organize our neighborhood against crime and for safer streets and better schools.  Those are just some of the things that we fight for. 

As a result of joining ACORN, I was able to get an affordable apartment.  That allowed me to save money to buy a house in 2004.  When I see what a lot of people are experiencing now, losing their homes through foreclosure, I am so grateful...

[Read more about Marie, and other ACORN members.]




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