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".
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CN08012020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsDecatur, Texas In the predawn, the three-week long veteran night clerk at the Motel 6 along Highway 287 in Decatur, Texas north of Dallas confirmed, “it’s rough out here.” Looking for a cup of coffee, walking back from my truck, I mentioned that I had inadvertently woken …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CN04252020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River You can’t make this stuff up. Dr. Trump’s advice to the country to inject disinfectants and pour on the UV rays has brought him the kind of ridicule that he richly deserves and has tirelessly earned, but so rarely received. A friend posted a picture …
Quito I had not visited Ecuador for three years. I sat for hours in the sparkling new airport that opened after my last visit or more specifically in the Airport Center across the street from the actual ticket counters, security, gates and airplanes. If modern airports have become shopping malls serviced by airplanes and runways, …