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/2019/08/CN08152019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsGulf Shores The Yellow Vests or Gilets Jaunes protest in France began in the middle of November of 2018. In July in rural France in the Rhone/Alps region when ACORN International organizers met at an old farm house fifteen kilometers from St. Etienne, less than ten minutes …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CN08142019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts Gulf Shores NPR was forced to fact check the spokespeople from the White House on their claims about the latest actions against immigrants referred to as the “public charge” rule because of its inaccuracies. The rule is pernicious. It would bar green cards to existing immigrant …
Gulf Shores I’ve been hearing about the loss of land, particularly farmland, by African-American families, for fifty years. I knew there was bound to be some fast and loose dealing behind the fact that 90% of black-owned land was lost between 1910 and 1997, but I assumed it was driven by unequal market negotiations and …