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/2019/12/CN12242019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Dine’ Butler and I had just finished our presentation about the impact of predatory land installment contracts and hedge funds in the Memphis real estate market at the Hooks Institute event at the University of Memphis recently. As the crowd thinned out, a woman came …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CN12192019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsLittle Rock I don’t like to think about domestic abuse. It makes me sad. It makes me mad. I can watch the blood-and-gore on police procedurals on TV or Netflix or whatever, and pretend it’s make believe, but harming women and children is a head turner and …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CN12162019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Lake Charles is a medium-sized city of nearly 80,000 people, the fifth largest in Louisiana, close to the Texas border. It’s the home of oil refineries and chemical plants. Texans driving over the border made casinos big business for a while. In recent years, …