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".
New Orleans What could possibly be good about a pandemic? OK, not much, but…there are some things that have turned out to be a complete win. The one that I hear over and over again is the huge benefits that supplemental unemployment has brought to people who were underemployed or unemployed. For many, it …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CN05102020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River We all wonder what the world of life and work is going to look like at the end of this 2020 Great Depression under the helm of the modern-day Herbert Hoover. Just as an aside, perhaps every one-hundred years Americans need to be reminded the …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CN05082020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsLittle Rock I thought I was paying pretty close attention, but this one slipped right by me. Who knew that part of the giant stimulus package included a first-of-its-kind paid leave provision? It must be me, but why do I have the sneaky suspicion that maybe I …