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/CN09142020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Most of us think our own health is our business, that is until we find out it is big business, and that everyone wants to make it their business. Health data is now a quiet corporate battlefield and a public issue at the same …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09132020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River Every month in the 50th anniversary year of ACORN, I’ve been talking on the radio to veteran organizers and others with unique perspectives on the organization, its history, and contributions. Recently, I spoke to Bob Fisher, Professor of Community Organization at the University of Connecticut School …
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 …