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/CN08222020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River If there’s any consensus about dealing with Covid-19, it involves the critical role of testing right now, and a vaccine down the line. Testing allows all of us and especially public health workers and epidemiologists to identify positive individuals, potential asymptomatic carriers, and, most importantly, …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CN08212020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans I actually know a lot about the national political conventions, both Republican and Democratic. ACORN was well represented every four years from the 1978 Memphis midterm under President Carter to 1980 in New York and Detroit, Dallas with the Republicans and Ronald Reagan in …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CN08202020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Facial recognition just seems sketchy. Back when it was possible to fly, and I did so, it was hard not to notice how customs’ officials and kiosks were increasingly using facial recognition software. Not just over there, but over here as well. On its …