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/2020/01/CN01162020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNewark There seem to be no limits to the vengeful pettiness of President Trump and his administration. Nowhere is that clearer than looking at the deliberate obstacles placed in the way of Puerto Rico’s recovery – or lack of it – from Hurricane Maria in 2017 or …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CN01032019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsSan Juan Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico a little over two years ago on September 17, 2017, with more force as a Cat-5 storm than any in the recorded history of the island. In San Juan, the damage seemed slight and hardly noticeable. Once on the highways …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CN12312019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsSan Juan Travel is always an adventure, a mixture of blessings and curses, and our visit to Puerto Rico at year’s end as been all of that. We found Ponce interesting, as Puerto Rico’s second city. We stayed in an AirBnb near the water where the views …