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/2019/08/CN08292019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsLittle Rock If the process of test scoring isn’t a national issue yet, it’s going to be. Fire fights have erupted in community after community at all levels, because there is no consensus on either the tests or what they measure. New York City is being hammered …
New Orleans Living in the southern and western states in the United States, sometimes it seems we just can’t catch a break. Back to back analyses of critical income factors in the papers spell trouble on multiple fronts. Walk with me on this a while. More people are leaving a majority of the largest metropolitan …
New Orleans Thinking about student loan debt and the soaring costs of university education is interesting, even if it almost guarantees a migraine or a pain on the south side. The backstory runs in several channels. The huge gift at Morehouse College by billionaire Robert Smith and his offer to pay the student debt …