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/2020/07/CN07242020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Talking to Ernie Dumas, Little Rock’s premier senior journalist, author, and raconteur in the outside patio of his place after a late spring rain and at proper social distance, he mentioned a call from Jane Mayer, the New Yorker, looking for information on a …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CN07232020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans In the wake of George Floyd’s death and the subsequent mass protests, support for the Black Lives Matter movement and organizations rose dramatically across the US population. Some protests continue with widening demands for police reform. Other reform efforts have been thwarted, including the …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CN07222020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts New Orleans Lorenzo Milam has died. Long live Lorenzo Milam! Wikipedia calls Milam an author and activist, which is true as far as it goes, but in many circles, he was seen almost as the father of community radio, and in that sense we all …