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/2020/09/CN09122020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans We’re in the countdown to the November 3rd election, so while the candidates’ campaign and the voters try to sort out the choices, as the saying goes, “Here comes the judge!” We should say judges. In Texas, a federal appeals court ruled that the state …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09112020realone.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Leaders and members of Local 100 United Labor Unions finally had enough of working on the frontlines without proper protection against the coronavirus in nursing homes, supported living centers, human development centers, transportation, sanitation, cleaning, schools, head start centers, and public-facing offices. OSHA, the …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09112020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans We can answer the question of whether or not democracy can work for the poor, or we can ask why democracies are failing the poor? Either way, the answer is uncomfortable for many who would think the question is easy, but the question is …