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/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, …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CN12152019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsQuebec City After a day of training and reports, the ACORN Canada organizing staff really got serious when the Year End / Year Begin meeting began no holds barred wrestling with campaigns. The discussion was particularly intense around the dual crises of affordable housing, beyond the reach …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CN11302019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans All of the controversy on questions in the 2020 American Community Survey, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, has been about whether a question would be allowed about citizenship. The federal courts pretty much slammed the door on that question when one judge after …