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/CN09172020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans A small notice in an email caught my eye. A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) attorney in a newly released guidance letter wanted to make sure that employers knew that it was alright to fire workers who are involved in advocating for police reform …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09162020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans I didn’t want to be right on this, but from any reading of the Center for Disease Control’s federal eviction ban, it was clear that it was going to be a hot mess when it came to implementation. At one level, the order was …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09152020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans New Yorkers are lucky. Not only do they get to vote with relatively little hassle, but they get to send important messages to politicians about where they stand by voting on unique ballot lines that identify their politics not in broad strokes, but along …