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/2020/06/CN06062020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River It’s totally over now. No way of pretending that sports and politics are not welded at the hip, peas in the same pod anymore. Of course, this has been true forever, but the cultural and corporate presumption, when it served the interests of power, were …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CN12102019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Those of us who live in Louisiana or care about the role of the state and its people in public affairs are just as sorry as we can be every time our junior Senator John Kennedy tries to take the stage with cameras running …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CN10012019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans The Department of Labor has formalized a new rule on overtime that will go into effect on January 1, 2020. Any salaried workers making less than $35,308 annually, will be automatically eligible for overtime. The standard in effect for the last fifteen years, since …