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/2020/11/CN11172020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Ben Smith, formerly of Politico, joined the New York Times over the last year as their media columnist and has quickly become a must-read in my book. His sources are amazing, his scoops unique, and his perspective wide-ranging and invaluable. The Times seems to …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CN11132020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsAtlanta It took five hours and half a tank of gas for me and two organizers for the ACORN Tenants Union in Atlanta to visit more than a dozen apartment complexes in five different counties around metro Atlanta and the perimeter. The day had started in misty …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CN11082020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River As part of the 50th anniversary of ACORN, we’ve talked to various leaders and organizers of ACORN over the years about their reflections on the organization and their time. In that vein we talked to Steuart Pittman on Wade’s World. Steuart recounted his path with …