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/2020/07/CN07302020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPagosa Springs In Durango, Colorado, we felt like we had struck gold, having hauled out bikes across Texas and New Mexico. We stumbled, almost literally, onto a bike trail that had seemingly been recently completed along the pretty little Animas River that runs through the town. We, …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CN07252020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts Dallas As Covid-19 sweeps through prisons creating hot spots all over the country because of the close and abysmal conditions, it’s a reminder of how many people are still incarcerated despite widespread claims by the administration and others that reforms have been made. Big name …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CN07082020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans We can count the days until we pray that’s it is over, but until then the drumbeat of woe is bound to continue. The gutted Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proved that it really might need a name change as it announced the shelving of …