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/2020/02/CN02192020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans It’s one thing to feel powerless in the face of government like the Chinese ophthalmologist who died of the coronavirus after being reprimanded for warning colleagues in his hospital. Poignantly, he said, “every country needs more than one voice.” This is why we build …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/CN02132020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Ok, I’ll admit right off the bat that it’s not a movement. It might not even be a trend, but perhaps we could call it a tendency. I’m talking about the fact that big-time CEOs, tech founders, and others responsible for huge consumer and …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/CN02102020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Home ownership rates are declining globally for the first time in one-hundred years, while tenancy is rising. I have mixed feelings about these trends. On the one hand, I hope that greater numbers of tenants equals more power in the bargains with landlords, and …