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".
June 13, 2021 Pearl River There’s more truth than rumor in the joke about “getting old isn’t for wimps” or words to that effect. My dad passed at 87. It happened in the wink of an eye. His heart just stopped. Period. We weren’t ready, even though intellectually we knew he had a pacemaker and …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CN11192020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Hipsters are absolutely not taking over the world, but it’s hard not to find them almost all over the world. MoveHub, an international shipping company got some free marketing buzz by putting out a “hipster index” over the last couple of years. They use …
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 …