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/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 …
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/CN12202019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsLittle Rock Once upon a time we might have been able to look at the Department of Labor to lead the way in drawing the bright lines that establish whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor, regular or temporary. If that didn’t work, perhaps …