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".
New Orleans Here during our collective field test for the “end times,” we are all learning new and different ways to relate, individually and collectively. In the absence of mass protest actions, ACORN and other groups around the world are of course using on-line petitions, as better than nothing, but recognizing its weakness. Organizations are creatively …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CN04202020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans One thing leads to another. Easy to say, but hard to endure, especially when it comes to the economic damage that keeps spreading from the pandemic shutdowns. This is the real trickledown economics, and it’s not a good thing. In this case, I’m talking …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CN04192020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River There’s no consensus among the middle class and professionals. Do they like working remotely from home or are they suffering from cabin fever? One story after another in the media argues different sides of the case. On the one hand there are suggestions of movies, …