Puerto Rican Earthquakes

ACORN

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CN12292019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPonce       We hadn’t been to Puerto Rico over the last fifteen years.  Tickets were too pricey to Mexico and Columbia, so why not see how they have come through the recovery from Hurricane Maria, touch base with our friend and comrade, Willie Cosme, and check out …

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Debt Means “Can’t Win for Losing”

ACORN Citizen Wealth Financial Justice

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CN12282019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPonce       Arkansas Community Organizations, one of KABF and ACORN’s partners on many projects, especially those involving financial security for low-and-moderate income families, recently released a report about major debt that is oppressing these families.  The report is called “Can’t Win for Losing,” and that just about …

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The Tragedy of the UAW:  When Boss Culture Replaces Member Culture

ACORN Labor Organizing

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CN12262019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPonce, Puerto Rico     At the end of every year we are inundated with the best of this and the top ten of that in music, movies, books, sports, tech, politics, and, well, I guess, almost everywhere.  Rarely is there a list of the worst events of the …

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