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/2019/10/CN10112019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans I thought of an article I had torn out of the New York Times and stuck into my bag to read more closely on my quick trip to Katmandu recently, when I got a weird email on the same trip. The Historic Districts Landmarks …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CN10102019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans ACORN India’s Dharavi Project has long focused on recycling in the Mumbai mega-slum where we work. Organizing young waste pickers has led us to create a cooperative of sorts employing scores of recyclers. ACORN has struck deals with many schools, including the French and …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CN10092019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans The latest gambit by the Trump White House is to simply refuse to cooperate with any investigation by the House committees tasked with the job. The lawyers for Trump make the specious claim that no investigation is legitimate without an actual vote on impeachment, …