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/2020/03/CN03012020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Over the last several years, ACORN International and the Labor Neighbor Research & Training Center have been collecting and analyzing the IRS 990 forms filed by tax exempt, nonprofit hospitals in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. This is a project driven by our “volunteer army,” …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CN02292020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans I’m scratching my head trying to figure out what kind of sand platform applications around food delivery are built on. The workers are hardly paid, precarious and unhappy. The restaurants are complaining and organizing for protection in some cities, and trying to figure out …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/CN02102020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Home ownership rates are declining globally for the first time in one-hundred years, while tenancy is rising. I have mixed feelings about these trends. On the one hand, I hope that greater numbers of tenants equals more power in the bargains with landlords, and …